Little America, aerial exploration in the Antarctic : the flight to the South pole, with 74 illustrations and maps. [Notes from a journal -- The plan: the preparation and the problem -- Through the pack -- We establish a base -- The battle to unload -- Discovery by flight -- Discovery of a new land to the eastward -- Incident of the Rockefeller Mountains -- WInter: birth of a city -- Civilization does not matter -- More plans and preparations -- The start of the southern parties -- The base-laying flight -- Flight to the South Pole -- Eastward beyond the horizon -- Death of a city -- The geological sledge trip]

Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957. ; Gould, Laurence McKinley,; 1896-1995.

Published by New York ; London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, Set and printed by the Knickerbocker Press, 1930, 1930

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1st edition, 1st printing ; xvi, 422 p. : front., plates, ports., maps (part fold.) ; 24 cm. ; LCCN: 31-26036 ; Account of United States Antarctic Expedition, leader R.E. Byrd, 1928-30. ; LC: G850; Dewey: 919.9 ; OCLC: 486566 ; Contents: Notes from a journal -- The plan: the preparation and the problem -- Through the pack -- We establish a base -- The battle to unload -- Discovery by flight -- Discovery of a new land to the eastward -- Incident of the Rockefeller Mountains -- WInter: birth of a city -- Civilization does not matter -- More plans and preparations -- The start of the southern parties -- The base-laying flight -- Flight to the South Pole -- Eastward beyond the horizon -- Death of a city -- The geological sledge trip. ; "If only by virtue of his having stood over both Poles, Admiral Byrd stands apart from all living men. Only one other man of the thousands who strived attained this remote distinction-Amundsen, his friend; and Amundsen is dead. Byrd, now only 41, has capped a lifetime of amazingly productive geographical research by flying over the South Pole. In itself, this flight was the most spectacular thing of the year. But in his larger sphere of action, it took its place as a single phase of a thrilling series of operations on the southern polar continent. Little America is the story of the Byrd Antarctic expedition as told for the first time by its leader. It is a narrative of action and at the same time a record of brilliant scientific achievement. It is, essentially, the story of men who brought their own civilization to a Godforsaken hunk of ice and created on it one of the most extraordinary communities the world has seen." ; ex-library, stamps, labels, library binding ; some wear ; with fold-out map of the Bay of Whales and the South Pole from the Ross Sea ; F. Seller Inventory # 006375

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Title: Little America, aerial exploration in the ...

Publisher: New York ; London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, Set and printed by the Knickerbocker Press, 1930

Publication Date: 1930

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition.

Book Type: Book