Footsteps on the ice : the Antarctic diaries of Stuart D. Paine, second Byrd Expedition / edited with an introduction by M.L. Paine.
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TextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps, facsimilesContent type: - text
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- Paine, Stuart D. L. -- Diaries
- Paine, Stuart D. L. -- Travel -- Antarctica
- Byrd Antarctic Expedition (2nd : 1933-1935)
- Paine, Stuart D. L. -- Travel -- Antarctica
- Paine, Stuart D. L. -- Diaries
- Paine, Stuart D. L
- Byrd Antarctic Expedition
- Byrd, Richard Evelyn (Soldat)
- Paine, Stuart D. L
- Explorers -- Antarctica -- Diaries
- Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration
- Explorateurs -- Antarctique -- Journaux intimes
- Antarctique -- Découverte et exploration
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- TRAVEL
- Discoveries in geography
- Explorers
- Travel
- Antarctica
- Expedition
- Antarktis
- Entdeckung -- Antarktis
- Antarktis -- Reisen und Expeditionen -- Geschichte 20. Jh
- Entdeckungsreise
- Antarktis
- Geschichte 1933-1935
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- G875.P35 A3 2007eb
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"These are the diaries of Stuart Paine, a dog driver, radio operator, and navigator on Admiral Richard Byrd's Second Antarctic Expedition (1933-1935). Notably, Paine guided a three-man geological party up the Ross Ice Shelf and Thorne (Scott) Glacier to explore and map unknown territory near the South Pole"--Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-351) and index.
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Footsteps on the Ice The Antarctic Diaries of Stuart D. Paine, Second Byrd Expedition; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Chinook Kennels; 2 At Sea; 3 The Roaring Forties and South December 13, 1933-January 16, 1934; 4 Misery Trail January 24-February 28, 1934; 5 Journey of "Seven Hells" March 1-31, 1934; 6 Little America April 1-22, 1934; 7 The Old Mess Hall April 25-June 10, 1934; 8 The Deep Winter Night June 15-July 17, 1934; 9 The Admiral and Summer Field Preparations July 20-October 15, 1934.
10 The Start of the Southern Journey October 16-November 20, 193411 In Select Company November 21-December 5, 1934; 12 Mount Weaver December 6, 1934-January 11, 1935; 13 Homeward January 13-May 12, 1935; Afterword; Appendix 1 The Men of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition; Appendix 2 "What Is It Like to Travel at Seventy-five below Zero?" by Dr. Thomas C. Poulter; Appendix 3 Fall Southern Trip Meteorological and Navigating Records; Appendix 4 Barrier Bull Selections; Appendix 5 Logistics Planning from Mile 173 to Mile 445.5, Thorne Glacier, and Return to Little America.
Appendix 6 Navigation and Triangulation Reports: Summer Journey to the Queen Maud RangeBibliography; Index.
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