Empty Boots - A Whaling Story: Alan Innes-Taylor

The following is a heretofore unpublished account of a small but significant part of the 1st Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-1930. It recounts one man's first journey to Antarctica. The author is the late Alan Innes-Taylor, polar survival expert, and the manuscript was recently made available b...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Marshall, Philip S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
Subjects:
Innes-Taylor
Charles Alan Kenneth
1900-1983
Airplanes
Biographies
Cold weather performance
Dogsledding
Expeditions
History
Logistics
Marine transportation
Research
Safety
Sled dogs
Survival
Whaling
Antarctic regions
Ross Sea
Antarctic
Byrd
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Arctic
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65226
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Summary:The following is a heretofore unpublished account of a small but significant part of the 1st Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-1930. It recounts one man's first journey to Antarctica. The author is the late Alan Innes-Taylor, polar survival expert, and the manuscript was recently made available by his family. Only minor grammatical changes have been made. . [The account describes his time aboard a whaling ship enroute to the Antarctic.]

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