When Richard E. Byrd contemplated the vast unexplored regions of the South Pole and the Antarctic, a land thought only to be bleak, barren, and forbidding to most, he saw a place of promise.

Operating out of his base, Little America, on the Bay of Whales, Richard E. Byrd, along with three others, completes a 1600-mile flight over the South Pole. Naturalist and explorer William Beebe ...

Following the South Pole adventure, Murphy played a pivotal ... The Life and Exploits of Commander Richard E. Byrd." In addition to ghostwriting for Richard Byrd, Charles Murphy put his ...