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Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North Pole
By Bart, Sheldon
- ISBN
- 9781621570820
- Publisher
- Regnery History
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Reviewed on September 1, 2013 | Social Sciences
Bart (governor, American Polar Soc.) offers a well-crafted introductory take on explorer Richard Byrd's patrician Virginia lineage, impressive educational record, and remarkable early naval career, all as persuasive background to a broader understanding of Byrd's eventual polar expedition, the focus of this book. Byrd's polar ambitions were sparked when he commanded a small naval unit on an ill-conceived expedition to western Greenland. On May 9, 1926, Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett exe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
