PERIOD OF DESPAIR
ADMIRAL BYRD’S DIARY. FACING DEATH IN ANTARCTIC. HIS VIGIL AT ADVANCE POST. (United Press Association—Copyright) NEW YORK. September 12. Several times during his long vigil ffist winter at his advance post- on the Antarctic Continent Rear-Admiral R. E. Byrd believed that death was inevitable. Publication of his diary in the current issue of the “American Magazine” reveals that on June 30 ho was overcome by carbon monoxide from his stove, and was. forced' to crawl on hands and' .ltnees to reach his food and fuel.
A, few days later he wrote in his diary: “I am afraid! that it is the end. I have been in a comatose condition part of the time in the last 48 houis. I have written instructions for the expedition, and letters for my family in the green box.”
Several days later he wrote: “This is a ghastly way! to go out, alone, in utter darkness, with nothing friendly at hand. I’ve been in some tough spots before, but here it is just waiting in darkness, living despairingly from hour to hour.” i
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 285, 14 September 1935, Page 6
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