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1 online resource (xxx, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps, facsimiles |
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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 |
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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 |
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Appendix 6 Navigation and Triangulation Reports: Summer Journey to the Queen Maud RangeBibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-351) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Paine, Stuart D. L. -- Diaries
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Paine, Stuart D. L. -- Travel -- Antarctica
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Paine, Stuart D. L. -- Travel -- Antarctica
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Paine, Stuart D. L. -- Diaries
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Paine, Stuart D. L. fast |
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Byrd, Richard Evelyn (Soldat) swd |
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Paine, Stuart D. L. swd |
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Byrd Antarctic Expedition (2nd : 1933-1935) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015067618
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Byrd Antarctic Expedition fast |
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Explorers -- Antarctica -- Diaries
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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TRAVEL.
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Discoveries in geography
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Explorers
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Travel
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Expedition
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Entdeckung -- Antarktis.
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Entdeckungsreise.
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005493
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Antarctica
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Antarktis
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Antarktis -- Reisen und Expeditionen -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Antarktis.
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Diaries
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Paine, M. L.
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| ISBN |
9780826265920 |
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0826265928 |
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