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Byrd Returns Home from Little America
BYRD, Richard E. (1888-1957). American polar explorer and aviator. On his first Antarctic expedition he discovered the North Pole from the air. His second journey was launched during the Great Depression, when funding was especially hard to secure. Byrd recounts the events of this second expedition, from his solo manning of Bolling Weather Station, where he battled the debilitating effects of carbon monoxide poisoning, to his scientific discoveries. He returned with a treasure trove of scientific knowledge. Over 1,000 miles of coastline were mapped, and his scientists discovered tree fossils in mountains only 210 miles from the South Pole, proving that Antarctica had once been a much warmer place. During this expedition, Admiral Byrd lived alone at a weather station for five months. This was 123 miles south of the base camp. This cover celebrates “Byrd’s Second Antarctic Expedition” with a cachet of Byrd’s Antarctic ship at Little America, hand signed by Byrd to the right of the cachet. Affixed is a U.S. 3-cent Byrd Antarctic Expedition II postage stamp cancelled Washington, DC Mar 5,1935. In very good condition.........$495.00
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