Alone.

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After several expeditions Byrd, trying to justify his solo wintering at Advance Base, felt restless:

Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition.

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Byrd’ second expedition (1933-1935), again settled at the still usable Little America, emphasizing science and technology at considerable expense for a wholly private expedition. The technology included four airplanes, various tractors, and snowmobiles. The trip included Byrd’s near-fatal solitary period at Bolling Advanced Weather Base recounted in Alone.

Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic; the Flight to the South Pole.

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Byrd’s account of his first Antarctic Expedition (1928-30) and the development of the first Little America. Here and elsewhere Byrd seems obsessed with the possibility of failure, though it also seems that he uses that device to heighten the tension of his narrative. Seems a transparent piece of reader manipulation.

To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925-1927.

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Goerler’s edition has nothing to do with Antarctica other than Byrd’s having read about Scott’s death on returning from the South Pole: