Account of United States Antarctic Expedition, leader R.E. Byrd, 1928-30.

Illustrated lining-papers. "First edition." "The geological sledge trip, by Dr. Laurence M. Gould": p. 393-412.

Notes from a journal -- The plan: the preparation and the problem -- Through the pack -- We establish a base -- The battle to unload -- Discovery by flight -- Discovery of a new land to the eastward -- Incident of the Rockefeller Mountains -- WInter: birth of a city -- Civilization does not matter -- More plans and preparations -- The start of the southern parties -- The base-laying flight -- Flight to the South Pole -- Eastward beyond the horizon -- Death of a city -- The geological sledge trip.