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SUMMARY:Lives on The Ice - Changing Patterns of Antarctic Experience from 
 Scott to Byrd - Lisle A. Rose
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CONTACT:Poul Christoffersen
DESCRIPTION:Lisle A. Rose\, author of 'Explorer: The Life of Richard E. By
 rd' (University of Missouri Press\, 2008) will talk on Byrd’s Antarctic 
 expeditions\, comparing them with those of the Heroic Age of Scott and oth
 ers. Together with the aeroplane\, motorized vehicles and long-range radio
  communications\, Richard E. Byrd and his men also introduced a new lifest
 yle to polar exploration in the 1920s and ‘30s\, one less disciplined an
 d deferential to authority than the earlier expeditions.  Byrd’s two Ant
 arctic winter camps were beset by dissention\, frequent turmoil\, and ofte
 n risky behavior that bordered on the foolhardy.  Animosities and rivalrie
 s were suppressed during the austral summer field seasons.  Byrd and his m
 en thus accomplished their goals and emerged from their ordeals unscathed 
 and triumphant.   But as so often is the case in Antarctica\, good fortune
  was as great an element in their success as dedication and skill.\n\nLisl
 e Rose is the first biographer to have had complete and full access to Byr
 d’s extensive personal papers at The Ohio State University archives.  Ro
 se first went to Antarctica in 1956-57 as a twenty year old petty officer 
 aboard a U.S. Navy icebreaker.   He subsequently served (1978-82) as the U
 .S. State Department’s polar affairs officer.  Author of eleven other bo
 oks\, Rose lives in Edmonds\, Washington.\n\nPicture: Byrd’s Little Amer
 ica II camp on the Ross Ice Shelf\, 1934 (from National Geographic).\n
LOCATION:Scott Polar Research Institute\, main lecture theatre
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