Alone : The Classic Polar Adventure
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1559634634
ISBN-13
9781559634632
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Imprint
Shearwater Books,US
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 8th, 2003
Print length
326 Pages
Weight
466 grams
Dimensions
21.30 x 14.00 x 2.00 cms
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The story of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, who set out on an Antarctic expedition in 1934 with the aim of collating weather data and indulging his desire "to taste peace and quiet long enough to know how good they really are". But things went badly wrong and he was soon engaged in a battle for survival.
When Admiral Richard E. Byrd set out on his second Antarctic expedition in 1934, he was already an international hero for having piloted the first flights over the North and South Poles. His plan for this latest adventure was to spend six months alone near the bottom of the world, gathering weather data and indulging his desire "to taste peace and quiet long enough to know how good they really are". But early on, things went terribly wrong. Isolated in the pervasive polar night with no hope of release until spring, Byrd began suffering inexplicable symptoms of mental and physical illness. By the time he discovered that carbon monoxide from a defective stovepipe was poisoning him, Byrd was already engaged in a monumental struggle to save his life and preserve his sanity.
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