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Why did Richard E. Byrd spend the winter of 1934 at Bolling Advance Base?
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Richard E. Byrd
Richard E. Byrd.
During his second Antarctic expedition (1933–1935), Richard E. Byrd established the Bolling Advance Base to conduct scientific observations. He spent five months alone at this weather station, which was located 123 miles (196 km) south of Little America, to gather meteorological data.1
Byrd’s solitary stay in the hut, buried beneath the ice shelf, is considered one of his most controversial exploits. During this period, he endured extreme temperatures and eventually suffered from frostbite and carbon monoxide poisoning before being rescued in a severely ill condition. He later chronicled these experiences in his book Alone.1