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Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888–1957)

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Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd was a U.S. naval officer and aviator-the only person of his time who had flown over both the North Pole and the South Pole and one of the first men to fly the Atlantic. During World War I, he was lieutenant commander of the U.S. air forces in Canada. Skyward (1928) visa mer tells of the first airplane flight made over the North Pole with Floyd Bennett in 1926. Little America (1930) is a detailed record of Byrd's flight over the South Pole. Alone (1938) is his remarkable tale of fortitude during his self-imposed isolation at Advance Base in the Antarctic in 1934. In the spring of 1947, Byrd returned from his fifth and largest polar expedition, the largest exploring expedition ever organized-13 ships staffed by 4,000 men, entirely naval in personnel. Byrd received a special medal of the National Geographic Society from President Herbert Hoover in 1930, the Legion of Merit for outstanding services from President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, and the Defense Department's Medal of Freedom in 1957. President Dwight Eisenhower placed Byrd in charge of all Antarctic activities of the United States. Admiral Byrd was in over-all command of the Naval task force that, between 1955 and 1959, was to prepare, supply and maintain a series of scientific stations in Antarctica. Byrd died in 1957. He was buried with full military honors in the Arlington National Cemetery. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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If you're interested in polar exploration then this is probably a good one. Things have, obviously, changed alot since these days. Now, even "Drunkard" magazine had an article about drinking at one of the poles & there's an employment agency that specializes in hiring people for polar jobs. Friends of mine & I applied for some. After reading this bk I incoporated a few of the things I learned into a movie I made called "The Ledger of St Dermain" - wch is a sortof fake polar exploration flick shot in mining tunnels - some of them painted white. Amongst enthusiasts of Hollow Earth theories, rumor has it that Admiral Byrd reported seeing a hole at the pole w/ vegetation in it - theorized to be an entrance to the Hollow Earth. That's one of the reasons why I read this. I didn't find anything like that mentioned here.… (mer)
 
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tENTATIVELY | 1 annan recension | Apr 3, 2022 |
In 1934, the author headed to Antarctica to spend a few months on his own inland (while people he was working with were a ways away, and they were in radio contact on specific days/times), while taking weather readings at various times throughout the days. They had built him an underground shelter to live in. In June, as it got colder outside, things started to get dicey for the author. This book includes his memories, as well as some excerpts from his diary while there.

It took a little bit to get going, as I wasn’t as interested in the technology in how they built his shelter and such, but once it was built and the rest of the crew left Byrd alone, it got much more interesting. The cold, oh, the cold! Described very well. (Of course, it’s relative when anywhere from 0 to -30F was “warm”! The coldest day was -83F) He was there over winter, so between April and October (this book covers April through August when he was on his own). It read in kind of a conversational tone, which I liked.… (mer)
 
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LibraryCin | 8 andra recensioner | May 8, 2020 |
Byrd details learning to fly, his famous Atlantic and North
Pole flights. He looks towards the future of better planes.
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michaelwarr | Mar 19, 2014 |
A harrowing experience and a hard book to write afterwards.
Byrd bears his inner most feelings when he almost died.
 
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