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Page i With Byrd at the Bottom of the World The South Pole Expedition of 19281930 Norman D. Vaughan with Cecil B. Murphey

Page ii Copyright 1990 by Stackpole Books Published by STACKPOLE BOOKS Cameron and Kelker Streets P.O. Box 1831 Harrisburg PA 17105 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Stackpole Books, Cameron and Kelker Streets, P.O. Box 1831, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105. Printed in the United States of America First Edition 10 9 8 Maps by Sarah Mittelstadt Bean Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint excerpts from the following works: Little America 1930 by Richard E. Byrd, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Used with the permission of Richard E. Byrd, III. Cold 1931 by Laurence M. Gould, published by Carleton College. Used with the permission of the author. South of the Sun 1934 by Russell Owen, published by John Day. Used with the permission of Harper & Row Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vaughan, Norman D. With Byrd at the bottom of the world / Norman D. Vaughan with Cecil Murphey. 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 0-8117-1904-9 1. Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1st: 19281930) I. Murphey, Cecil. II. Title. G850 1928.V38 919.8904dc20 89-26182

Page iii Contents Foreword by Jay S. Hammond v Foreword by Paul Schurke vi Prologue 1 Magic Words 3 Three Musketeers 13 The Black Gang 21 Little America 33 The Long Hauls 45 Danger in the Night 55

Page iv Life in Camp 65 The Commander 83 Overland 93 Belle 103 Great Discoveries 109 The Final Try 121 Journey's End 131 Off the Ice 137 Home 149 After Antarctica 157 Adjustments 165 Decision Time 175 Epilogue 193

Page v Foreword Col. Norman Vaughan has crammed enough high adventure into his mere eighty-four years to sap the adrenalin of a battalion of lifetimes. What's more, he's still doing it. As I write this, he's in Greenland, engaged in salvaging two B-17s and six P-38s, which crashed in 1942. Just prior to that he drove dogs for the twelfth time over Alaska's grueling 1,158-mile Iditarod Trail. As perhaps might be expected, his elapsed time hardly challenged that of the winner. After all, the colonel, ever a gentleman, would be loath to barge rudely ahead of a young woman, his junior by half a century. Though it's been forty years since I ran dogs on a high-country trapline along the Iditarod, I can well recall the challenge of doing so and find it incredible that someone almost old enough to be my father could have made it to the first race checkpoint, much less to Front Street in Nome. Not that I'm not pretty rugged myself. For example, when I was a kid I could beat most men twice my age at wrist wrestling. And by George, you know, I still can. But I wouldn't want to challenge the colonel. No siree. Whether we're talking sinew or spirit, Norman Vaughan is second to no one. He and I have too seldom crossed trails, but each time we have done so, I've gleaned nuggets of imagination, incentive, and inspiration: gifts that enliven this book, about an epic antarctic adventure he had back when I was a stripling. For his enduring generosity and zest for life I am both grateful and envious. In fact, when I finally grow up, I hope I'm just like him.

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