In Winter, [the Antarctic] is perhaps the dreariest of places. Our base, Little America, lay in a bowl of ice, near the edge of the Ross Ice Barrier. The temperature fell as low as 72 degrees below zero. One could actually hear one's breath freeze.
A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable. - Richard E. Byrd
A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable.
- Richard E. Byrd
Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used. - Richard E. Byrd
Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.
Give praise to others while they are here; they won't need it in the hereafter. - Richard E. Byrd
Give praise to others while they are here; they won't need it in the hereafter.
Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need. - Richard E. Byrd
Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.
I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace as nations working together there in the cause of… - Richard E. Byrd
I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace as nations working together there in the cause of…
Give wind and tide a chance to change. - Richard E. Byrd
Give wind and tide a chance to change.
No woman has ever stepped on Little America - and we have found it to be the most silent and peaceful place in the world. - Richard E. Byrd
No woman has ever stepped on Little America - and we have found it to be the most silent and peaceful place in the world.
Progress grows out of motion. - Richard E. Byrd
Progress grows out of motion.
Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and habits are conditioned by others. - Richard E. Byrd
Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and habits are conditioned by others.
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