Rear Admiral Byrd And The Polar Expeditions

Coram Foster

• Publisher: Braunfell Books
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9781839748684
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

"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.

Table of contents

• 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 ADMIRAL’S 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 BYRD’S 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, BYRD’S BASE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
• CHAPTER XXIV - BYRD’S SHIP, THE City of New York, IS SPARED THE FATE OF SHACKLETON’S 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 AUTHOR’S 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