Exploring with Byrd : episodes of an adventurous life /

"As the culminating volume of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr.'s renowned expeditions, this is the comprehensive autobiography of a man who knew no limits. From his earliest days as a Navy pilot in training, to his controversial flights to the North and South Poles, his lifelong passion for ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2015.
Colección:Admiral Byrd's classics.
Temas:
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, > 1888-1957 > Travel > Arctic regions.
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, > 1888-1957 > Diaries.
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, > 1888-1957
Explorers > United States > Diaries.
Air pilots, Military > United States > Diaries.
Explorateurs > États-Unis > Journaux intimes.
Pilotes d'aéronef militaires > États-Unis > Journaux intimes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
TRAVEL > Australia & Oceania.
Air pilots, Military
Discoveries in geography > American
Exploration, Aerial
Explorers
Travel
North Pole > Aerial exploration > Diaries.
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > American.
Pôle Nord > Exploration aérienne > Journaux intimes.
Antarctica
Arctic Ocean > North Pole
Arctic Regions
United States
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Diaries
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Exploring with BYRD; CONTENTS; I. Education of a Pilot; II. Flight to the North Pole; III. Fog Over Paris; IV. Antarctic Assault; V. Little America Is Born; VI. Escape from the Rockefeller Mountains; VII. Spring Preparations; VIII. Flight to the South Pole; IX. Eastward Beyond the Horizon; X. Return to Antarctica; XI. The Devil's Graveyard; XII. Little America Regained; XIII. A Loud and Stormy Month; XIV. The Winter Night; XV. The Winter Journey; XVI. Mystery of the Strait; XVII. Death of a City

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