Ice: The Antarctic Diary of Charles F. Passel

by T.H. Baughman

"I will never speak lightly of an Antarctic winter night again--I have been through one . . . ." In 1939, Admiral Richard E. Byrd led his last expedition to the Ross Ice Shelf on the continent of Antarctica. A 25-year-old geologist named Charles Passel was one of a small crew of men who took part in this mission, which included a year and a half of isolation from the rest of the world except by amateur radio operators. Passel kept a daily diary throughout...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089672347X
• ISBN13: 9780896723474
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"