Footsteps on the ice : the Antarctic diaries of Stuart. D. Paine, second Byrd Expedition / edited with an introduction by M.L. Paine
- Bib ID:
- 3996469
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Paine, Stuart D. L
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007
- xxx, 368 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780826217417
- Summary:
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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.
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- Machine derived contents note: Contents
- Illustrations 00
- Maps 00
- Foreword 00
- Preface 00
- Acknowledgments 00
- Introduction 1
- Diary One
- 1. Chinook Kennels: September 27\-November 2, 1933 00
- 2. At Sea: November 3\-December 9, 1933 00
- 3. Roaring Forties and South: December 13, 1933\-January 16, 1934 00
- 4. Misery Trail: January 24\-February 28, 1934 00
- 5. Journey of "Seven Hells": March 1-31, 1934 00
- 6. Little America: April 1-22, 1934 00
- 7. The Old Mess Hall: April 25\-June 10, 1934 00
- Diary Two
- 8. The Deep Winter Night: June 15\-July 17, 1934 00
- 9. The Admiral and Summer Field Preparations: July 20\-October 15, 1934 00
- Diary Three
- 10. The Start of the Southern Journey: October 16\-November 20, 1934 00
- 11. In Select Company: November 21\-December 5, 1934 00
- 12. Mount Weaver: December 6, 1934\-January 10, 1935 00
- Diary Four
- 13. Homeward: January 13\-May 12, 1935 00
- Afterword by M. L. Paine 00
- Appendixes
- 1. The Men of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition 00
- 2. "What Is It Like to Travel at Seventy-five below Zero?" by Dr. Thomas C. Poulter 00
- 3. Fall Southern Trip Meteorological and Navigating Records 00
- 4. Barrier Bull Selections 00
- May 19, 1934, Issue #1 00
- May 26, 1934, Issue #2 00
- June 2, 1934, Issue #3 00
- June 9, 1934, Issue #4 00
- June 16, 1934, Issue #5 00
- June 23, 1934, Issue #6 00
- June 30, 1934, Issue #7 00
- July 7, 1934, Issue #8 00
- 5. Logistics Planning from Mile 173 to Mile 445.5, Thorne Glacier, and Return to Little
- America 00
- 6. Navigation and Triangulation Reports: Summer Journey to the Queen Maud Range 00
- Bibliography 00
- Index 00.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Paine, M. L
- Copyright:
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