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Author Vaughan, Norman D., author

Title With Byrd at the bottom of the world : the South Pole expedition of 1928-1930 / Norman D. Vaughan with Cecil B. Murphey
Edition First paperback edition
Published Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Admiral Byrd classics
Admiral Byrd's classics.
Contents With Byrd At The Bottom Of The World; CONTENTS; Foreword; Foreword; Prologue; Magic Words; Three Musketeers; The Black Gang; Little America; The Long Hauls; Danger in the Night; Life in Camp; The Commander; Overland; Belle; Great Discoveries; The Final Try; Journey's End; Off the Ice; Home; After Antarctica; Adjustments; Decision Time; Epilogue
Summary "With Byrd at the Bottom of the World vividly recounts American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd's expedition to the South Pole. From the sublime to the ridiculous, author and fellow explorer Norman D. Vaughan recalls the historic moments, practical jokes, jealousies, and affection among compatriots facing the dangers of a frozen and inhospitable continent."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 28, 2018)
Subject Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
Vaughan, Norman D.
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Vaughan, Norman D.
SUBJECT Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1st : 1928-1930) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015001258
Byrd Antarctic Expedition fast
Subject Explorers -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
TRAVEL -- Australia & Oceania.
Discoveries in geography -- American
Explorers
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
Antarctica
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
True adventure stories
Biographies.
True adventure stories.
Biographies.
Récits d'aventures.
Form Electronic book
Author Murphey, Cecil
Murphey, Cecil B
ISBN 9781442275232
1442275235