“Take plenty of dogs and only the best of men”

Admiral Richard Byrd followed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen’s advice and added some decent radio equipment to the mix as well, courtesy of an unlikely source. . . In August 1928, Byrd and 42 other men set sail on the City of New York from Hoboken NJ bound for Antarctica. They would be gone for two years. The most well-heeled [...]