Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the AntarcticIn 1934, Admiral Richard Byrd spent a season by himself in a small cabin in Antarctica, recording the weather and confronting life, completely alone, in harsh conditions. Robert Burleigh's text is supplemented with excerpts from Admiral Byrd's firsthand account of how he survived, and dramatic illustrations capture the courage of Byrd's amazing ordeal. Full color. |
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Admiral Byrd Admiral Richard Byrd afternoon Antarctic Antarctica arrives beam beating beauty BLACK WHITENESS breath brittle burn BYRD POLARE Byrd wants calm candle catches and goes cave ceiling chest climbs clothes coast cold colder crawling back creeping crevasse dark Days and days door Endure eyes fall feeble feels feet fingers flame flare flashlight floor freeze frozen fuel fumes gloomy light gloves hands hatch hauling hears hole horizon Ice crystals inside instruments invisible kite knees ladder lantern leans legs liquid Little America live match miles miracle morning night Noon numb piece pokes porch radio rises roof rung says shack shatter shelves shut sink skin sleeping sleeping bag snow stands stay alive stick stiff stove string sucks tail tell terrible thin things thinks tight tiny tractor trapdoor tries tumbles tunnels turns violent voice waiting walks wall want to know watch weather wind writes