By Dog Sled for Byrd: 1600 Miles Across Antarctic Ice

Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell Co, 1931. First Edition, Second printing. Original blue cloth royal octavo with silver lettering to front cover and spin; 192 pages: frontispiece (portrait) illustrations, b&w plates; 24 cm. Maps to lining-papers. Boards mildly soiled; handsome personal small bookplate to front paste-down; else tight and clean. Very good. No jacket. Hardcover.

Author was a member of the geological party on Byrd's first expedition 1928-30.; he served as a surveyor. "Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (1888 – 1957), an American naval officer, 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. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica. Byrd said that his expeditions had been the first to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole by air. His belief that he reached the North Pole is disputed. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration, and the Navy Cross, the second highest honor for valor given by the U.S. Navy."—Wikipedia. / O'Brien, Jack, 1898-1938. Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1st: 1928-1930)