Interview of Richard E. Byrd by Martha Deane, October 26, 1953

• Main Author: Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
• Other Authors: Deane, Martha
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 1953
• Subjects: Byrd; Richard Evelyn; 1888-1957; 1888-1957 > Interviews; Byrd Antarctic Expedition; Polar regions > Discovery and exploration; Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > American; communism and socialism; democracy and politics; Moral re-armament; carbon monoxide poisoning; Antarctic; Evelyn; Kane; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/48755

The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/8908.mp3 Martha Deane interviews Byrd, his opinion on socialism, power of government, communism and human relations. Additionally Byrd talks about his stay in Antarctica and how he almost died of carbon monoxide poisoning fr...