The snowshovel : Byrd Antarctic Expedition II

Sample contents: Vol.I, no.II (Jan 1934)

Sixth record southing -- condor calling - shovelling -- discovery II in adjacent waters -- dogs become airminded but fail to make flight -- condor changes footgear -- polar star damaged by ice -- great expectations in no.4 hold -- this week's riddle -- editorial -- department news: supply ; tractor ; deck ; Noville's ; personnel ; commissary ; scientific ; paramount news ; dairy ; meteorological -- late flashes -- advertising section -- paramount penguin theatre -- obituary [for Stormy Petrel]

Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (1888-1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau.

On his second Antarctic expedition in 1934, Byrd spent five winter months alone operating a meteorological station, Advance Base, from which he narrowly escaped with his life after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from a poorly ventilated stove.--Wikipedia, retrieved November 2019.