ALONE: THE CLASSIC POLAR ADVENTURE
Book ID/图书代码： 0674.5504B09188
English Summary/英文概要： 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.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在Richard E. Byrd 上校1934年第二次踏上南极探险之路之前，他早已蜚声全球了，因为他是第一个成功飞跃南北极的人。 而这次探险不同前一次，他计划在地球终端独自过上六个月，以采集气候数据，也好放纵一下他的个人欲望，“好好体味一下那里的平静和恬宁到底有多好。”但是事情一开是就不太妙，他被困在了暗无天日的极夜里，寸步难行，绝望之极，精神和身体上表现出了莫名的不适，这一直持续到来年春天。后来他发现自己正在遭受泄漏一氧化碳的破烟囱的毒害，而这时的他早就已经和困难斗争了许久了，他要保全自己的性命，并要保持神志清醒。
Awards/获奖情况：This reissue of Byrd’s account of a grueling five-month stay at the South Pole in 1934 includes original illustrations by Richard Harrison. ---From Publishers Weekly In this 1938 volume, the great explorer recounts four months he spent alone gathering scientific data in a shack in Antarctica. The result is a remarkable story of survival and adventure. This facsimile edition is published in a blue typeface.---From Library Journal
"Better than most modern explanations, Byrd’s book shows why men and women still cast themselves into danger in remote parts of the world." --- The Los Angeles Times Book Review
About the Author/作者介绍： Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd(1888-1957) was among the twentieth century’s most heroic public figures. Expeditions under his command mapped half of the Antarctic continent and three-quarters of its coast-more unknown territory than any other explorer since Captain James Cook in the eighteenth century. Kieran Mulvaney is the author of At the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Polar Regions and The Whaling Season: An Inside Account of the Struggle to Stop Commercial Whaling. He lives in Alaska.
Kieran Mulvaney写过《地球的末端：极地史》、《捕鲸季节：走进打击商业捕鲸活动的幕后》。作者现居阿拉斯加。
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