Essentially the story of the establishment of the first base at the South Pole, now called the Amundsen-Scott Station, by the scientific leader of the expedition. As so often in the science/military relationship, Siple seems not to have gotten on too well with the military leader of Operation Deep Freeze, George Dufek, but is only mildly sarcastic in his criticism. The book contains a good deal more science than many of these accounts, and little on the recreational activities of the winter night. He attributes this to the lack of time for pastimes while getting and keeping the base operational. There are a few passages dealing with reading:
90° South: The Story of the American South Pole Conquest.
Siple, Paul. New York: Putnam’s, 1959.
- 1957- Operation Deep Freeze.
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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Scout to Explorer: Back with Byrd in the Antarctic.
Siple, Paul. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1936.
- 1933-35 Byrd Second Antarctic Expedition.
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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Here is Siple’s account of his return to Antarctica on the Second Byrd Expedition. He’s lost a little of his Boy Scott adolescence but is still a young man filled with wonderment at his good fortune of being asked to return, and at the lack of wonder among some of his new colleagues.