EXPLORE A STRANGE LAND KEPT HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC - HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IS THE SECRET DIARY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST ADVENTURERS WHO HAS EVER LIVED. - PLUS PROOF THAT THERE IS A VAST, UNCHARTED, CIVILIZATION EXISTS INSIDE THE PLANET -- IN the year 1947 Admiral Richard E. Byrd made a flight into the South Polar region of the world. Before he started on the venture, Byrd made a mysterious statement: "I'd like to see that land beyond the Pole. That area beyond the Pole in the center of the great unknown." In the cockpit of his plane was a powerful, two-way radio. When Byrd and his scientific companions took off from their base at the South Pole, they managed to fly 1700 miles beyond it. That's when the radio in Byrd's plane was put into use to report something utterly incredible. There was a strange great valley below them. For some unknown reason, the valley Byrd saw was not ice-covered as it should have been in the frigid Antarctic. It was green and luxuriant. There were mountains with thick forest of trees on them, there was lush grass and underbrush. Most amazing, a huge animal was observed moving through the underbrush. In a land of ice, snow and almost perpetual "deep-freeze" ...here was a stupendous MYSTERY. Byrd had discovered a strange great valley just beyond the South Pole, where the weather temperature, believe it or not, was evidently something like 75 degrees. Suddenly the press and radio were "hushed up." After the first brief messages leaked through to newspapers, no further confirmation of the big discovery was given. Was it merely a hoax? Some newsman's joke? I think not. I believe that Byrd came upon the location of a great doorway or entrance leading deep into the unknown interior of the Earth The "Great Door" at the South Pole region. Having found that, it is believe he guessed no longer. He then KNEW beyond the shadow of a doubt that this secret "Door" must open into the Cavern world. He would go there and find out...see for himself the wonder and everlasting mystery of the unknown INNER Earth. Here is the long rumored "missing" diary of Admiral Byrd which tells exactly what Bryd and his men discovered. Why have we not been permitted this information? Why is it that some have been warned not to talk about what has been discovered? TWO BOOKS IN ONE In addition to the text of Admiral Byrd's diary is a rare, "long lost" manuscript by William Reed who puts forward his theory that we live on the outside of a hollow globe. Based upon the journals of various seafarers who have explored the regions around the poles, Reed puts forward the following questions: 1.Why is the earth flattened at the poles? 2.Why have the poles never been reached? 3.Why does the sun not appear for so long in winter near the supposed poles? 4.Assuming that the earth is hollow, the interior should be warmer. 5.We must now resort to the compass. Does it refuse to work when drawing near the supposed poles? 6.Meteors are constantly falling near the supposed poles. Why? 7.The next query is concerning the great quantities of dust constantly found in the Arctic Ocean. What causes this dust? 8.What produces the Aurora Borealis? 9.Icebergs are next in order. Where are they formed? And how 10.What causes tidal waves? 11.What causes colored snow in the Arctic region? 12.Why are the nights so long in the polar regions? 13.What causes the great ice-pressure in the Arctic Ocean during still tide and calm weather? 14.Why is the ice filled with rock, gravel, and sand? This is a book that will intrigue and fascinate. It is like nothing you have ever encountered before

1929. A selection of air adventures told by the following famous aviators: Captain Andree and His Balloon; Charles C. Turner; Eddie Rickenbacker; Charles A. Lindberge; Jessie E. Horsfall; Captain T.J.C. Martyn; and others.

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When Admiral Richard E. Byrd set out on his second Antarctic expedition in 1934, he was already an international hero for having piloted the first flights over the North and South Poles. His plan for this latest adventure was to spend six months alone near the bottom of the world, gathering weather data and indulging his desire "to taste peace and quiet long enough to know how good they really are." But early on things went terribly wrong. Isolated in the pervasive polar night with no hope of release until spring, Byrd began suffering inexplicable symptoms of mental and physical illness. By the time he discovered that carbon monoxide from a defective stovepipe was poisoning him, Byrd was already engaged in a monumental struggle to save his life and preserve his sanity.When "Alone" was first published in 1938, it became an enormous bestseller. This edition keeps alive Byrd's unforgettable narrative for new generations of readers.

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.

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EXPLORING WIT H BYRD Episodes from an Adventurous Compiled and Revised by Rear Admiral RICHARD E. BYRD IT. S. N. BET. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS 1937 G-P-PTJTNAMS SONS NEW YORK RICHARD E. BYRD, REAR ADMIRAL, U. S. N. RET. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Education of a Pilot 3 II. Flight to the North Pole 15 III. Fog Over Paris 29 IV. Antarctic Assault 51 V. Little America Is Born 59 VI. Escape from the Rockefeller Mountains 74 VII. Spring Preparations 90 VIII. Flight to the South Pole 103 IX. Eastward Beyond the Horizon 119 X. Return to Antarctica 181 XI. The Devils Graveyard 143 XII. Little America Regained 153 XIII. A Loud and Stormy Month 167 XIV. The Winter Night 188 XV. The Winter Journey 193 XVI. Mystery of the Strait 211 XVII. Death of a City 235 ILLUSTRATIONS Richard E. Byrd, Rear Admiral, U. S. N. Ret. Frontispiece Facing page Pensacola 1918 24 A Hazardous Undertaking 25 Wreck of the America 56 Whales Trapped in a Crack 57 The Fokker on a Frozen Lake 80 Victim of the Winds Fury 80 Coasting Down the Glacier 81 The City in Her Toughest Battle 120 The Jacob Ruppert Approaches the Bay Ice 121 A Stately Promenade 121 Admiral Byrd Steps Ashore 160 Four Years of Ice Crystals in the Old Tunnel 160 Blazing a Trail Through the Pressure 161 On the Main Highway to Little America 161 Scenes at Advance Base 184 Life During the Winter Night 185 Planning a Flight 216 The William Horlick Comes Out of Its Winter Cocoon 216 Heating the Motors 217 The Radio Staff 217 Tii EXPLORING WITH BYRD Chapter I EDUCATION OF A PILOT ONE of my first and most striking impressions of aviation came the day a man rushed into my stateroom aboard the battleship waving a newspaper that had just been brought us by thepilot. For Gods sake, listen to this he exclaimed. Jack Towers has fallen fifteen hundred feet in an airplane and lived to tell the tale. I couldnt believe it. He was thrown out of his seat. In those days the flyer sat right out in the open on a little bench. But he caught by a brace and dangled in mid-air. On the way down he kicked at the control wheel. Apparently he righted the plane just before it hit. Thmk of the nerve of the mm I did think of his nerve and many times since Pve admired the courage of those early pilots who flew thousands of feet in the air with defective machines about which they knew al most nothing. And its good to feel that my friend, Captain John W. Towers, U. S. N., the hero of the incident, is alive today and still a flyer of note. The horror people felt fifteen years ago in reading about Towers escape is still felt when newspapers print tragic details of some aeronautical accident without regard for technical reasons behind the accident. As a result many citizens still look on flying as one of the most attractive forms of suicide. If I had a son twenty years old today and he should come to me with the question Is it all right for me to fly Id answer Go to it. And I hope you get your pilots license soon because I want you to do a lot of flying before youre through. 4 EXPLORING WITH BYRD He might break his neck. But also he might be run over by a taxi, burn up, catch pneumonia, or be struck by lightning. Those things happen to people every day. My first aerial adventure was in the Annapolis gymnasium. I was captain of the Navy Gym Team, which was out to win the intercollegiate championship of the year. In line with this ambition I devised a hair-raising stunton the flying rings. My plan was to get a terrific swing, high enough to be able to count on an appreciable pause at the end of it. I figured I could at this moment do what was called dis locate, which meant swing completely head over heels with out changing grip, with arms at full length unbending and forcing my shoulders through a quick jerk, that made it look as if they were put out of joint. In addition, I was going to make another complete turn, legs outside, letting go with my hands as my ankles passed my forearms, and catching again as I f ell...

1929. A selection of air adventures told by the following famous aviators: Captain Andree and His Balloon; Charles C. Turner; Eddie Rickenbacker; Charles A. Lindberge; Jessie E. Horsfall; Captain T.J.C. Martyn; and others.

1929. A selection of air adventures told by the following famous aviators: Captain Andree and His Balloon; Charles C. Turner; Eddie Rickenbacker; Charles A. Lindberge; Jessie E. Horsfall; Captain T.J.C. Martyn; and others.