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Rear Admiral Byrd And The Polar Expeditions
Coram Foster
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Rear Admiral Byrd And The Polar Expeditions
Coram Foster
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"Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN (1888-1957) was an American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights, in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his expeditions had been the first to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole by air."-Print ed.
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- Title page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER I - A DEPARTMENTAL ORDER HALTS THE CAREER OF RICHARD EVELYN BYRD
- CHAPTER II - THE BYRD FAMILY FROM COLONIAL TIMES
- CHAPTER III - THE BYRDS AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER IV - THE BYRDS AT THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR
- CHAPTER V - BOYHOOD DAYS OF THE NEW REAR-ADMIRAL
- CHAPTER VI - THE FUTURE ADMIRALâS ADVENTURES IN THE PHILIPPINES
- CHAPTER VII - THE FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BYRD EXPLORES THE FAR EAST AND ENJOYS FURTHER ADVENTURES IN HIS ROUND-THE-WORLD TRIP
- CHAPTER VIII - BACK TO SCHOOL AT THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE AND THROUGH ANNAPOLIS
- CHAPTER IX - A COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE U.S. NAVY
- CHAPTER X - LEAVING BATTLESHIP DECKS FOR NO FAULT OF HIS OWN THE FUTURE ADMIRAL TAKES TO AVIATION
- CHAPTER XI - PLANNING THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS DISASTER BEFALLS THE ZR-2
- CHAPTER XII - PREPARATIONS FOR A FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE AND ANOTHER SET-BACK, FOLLOWED BY A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
- CHAPTER XIII - PREPARATIONS COMPLETED. THE EVE OF THE AERIAL DASH FOR THE NORTH POLE ARRIVES
- CHAPTER XIV - BYRD DECIDES TO TRY FOR THE NEW YORK TO PARIS SINGLE-HOP FLIGHT
- CHAPTER XV - PREPARATIONS FOR THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION NOW HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
- CHAPTER XVI - COMMANDER BYRD TELLS BOB DAVIS OF HIS IMPRESSIONS AS HE FLEW OVER THE DESOLATE WASTES OF THE NORTH POLAR REGIONS
- CHAPTER XVII - SELECTING THE FLEET OF SHIPS, AIRPLANES AND GENERAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER XVIII - DEATH OF FLOYD BENNETT A TERRIBLE BLOW TO THE ADMIRAL; CONTRIBUTIONS OF MONEY AND EQUIPMENT RECEIVED
- CHAPTER XIX - AMAZING NUMBERS OFFERED TO ACCOMPANY THE EXPEDITION AND CALLED AT BYRDâS HEADQUARTERS FOR APPROVAL
- CHAPTER XX - THE STOUT SHIP, City of New York, STARTS FOR NEW ZEALAND, NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED MILES AWAY
- CHAPTER XXI - ARRIVAL OF THE FLEET IN NEW ZEALAND, SOON TO LEAVE FOR THE SOUTH POLAR SEAS
- CHAPTER XXII - ARRIVAL AT THE BAY OF WHALES AND THE FAMOUS ROSS ICE BARRIER
- CHAPTER XXIII - THE BUILDING OF LITTLE AMERICA, BYRDâS BASE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
- CHAPTER XXIV - BYRDâS SHIP, THE City of New York, IS SPARED THE FATE OF SHACKLETONâS SHIP, Endurance
- CHAPTER XXV - JOHN JACOBSON, SAILMAKER OF THE EXPEDITION, TELLS OF KILLER WHALES AND PENGUINS AT DRILL. LIVING CONDITIONS AT LITTLE AMERICA
- CHAPTER XXVI - A WELL SELECTED LIBRARY OF A THOUSAND VOLUMES PROVED A BOON IN ICE-BOUND LITTLE AMERICA. RADIO IN TOUCH WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD
- CHAPTER XXVII - WINTER DARKNESS DRAWS TO A CLOSE. THE SUN COMES AS A WELCOME VISITOR. PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT DAY, THE FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE
- CHAPTER XXVIII - THE Floyd Bennett PLANE GROOMED TO THE MINUTE FOR THE DASH TO THE SOUTH POLE
- CHAPTER XXIX - AT LAST THE TAKE-OFF. THE Floyd Bennett GRACEFULLY LEAVES THE ICE RUNWAY. SIXTEEN HUNDRED MILES OVER BRISTLING ICE ENCRUSTED MOUNTAIN PEAKS
- CHAPTER XXX - THE AUTHORâS SUMMARY OF DATA, THE FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE, AND RETURN. FURNISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, WASHINGTON, D.C.
- ADDENDA - THE SIGNIFICANT DATES OF THE BYRD EXPEDITION
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APA 6 Citation
Foster, C. (2022). Rear Admiral Byrd And The Polar Expeditions ([edition unavailable]). Braunfell Books. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3721215/rear-admiral-byrd-and-the-polar-expeditions-pdf (Original work published 2022)
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Foster, Coram. (2022) 2022. Rear Admiral Byrd And The Polar Expeditions. [Edition unavailable]. Braunfell Books. https://www.perlego.com/book/3721215/rear-admiral-byrd-and-the-polar-expeditions-pdf.
Harvard Citation
Foster, C. (2022) Rear Admiral Byrd And The Polar Expeditions. [edition unavailable]. Braunfell Books. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3721215/rear-admiral-byrd-and-the-polar-expeditions-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).
MLA 7 Citation
Foster, Coram. Rear Admiral Byrd And The Polar Expeditions. [edition unavailable]. Braunfell Books, 2022. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.