The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 112National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... Byrd and Gilbert Grosvenor Shared Byrd's Glory Though she. Byrd's bold scheme bore fruit : he joined forces with the Donald B. MacMillan Arctic Expedition of 1925 , to which The Society had made a grant of $ 40,000 . A small undertak ...
... Byrd and Gilbert Grosvenor Shared Byrd's Glory Though she. Byrd's bold scheme bore fruit : he joined forces with the Donald B. MacMillan Arctic Expedition of 1925 , to which The Society had made a grant of $ 40,000 . A small undertak ...
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Marie Byrd and Gilbert Grosvenor Shared Byrd's Glory Though she encouraged her husband's explorations and thrilled at his daring feats , Mrs. Byrd remained always in the background . The Admiral gave his wife's name to Marie Byrd Land ...
Marie Byrd and Gilbert Grosvenor Shared Byrd's Glory Though she encouraged her husband's explorations and thrilled at his daring feats , Mrs. Byrd remained always in the background . The Admiral gave his wife's name to Marie Byrd Land ...
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... Byrd's pride and concern for his men made him hide his desperate plight from his ex- pedition mates at Little America . He would not give them cause to set out in the bitter , black antarctic night to rescue him . But the irregularity ...
... Byrd's pride and concern for his men made him hide his desperate plight from his ex- pedition mates at Little America . He would not give them cause to set out in the bitter , black antarctic night to rescue him . But the irregularity ...
Contents
Flight to Adventure Flying Their Own Singleengine Plane a Daring | v |
To the Men at South Pole Station By Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd | 1 |
Fledgling Wings of the Air Force By Thomas W McKnew | 266 |
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