Bernt Balchen Polar Aviator

Glines offer a full and compelling portrait of Bernt Balchen, a leader in Arctic aviation, overshadowed in his lifetime by Admiral Richard Byrd but whose expertise and vision continue to guide trans-Arctic aviation.

Carroll V. Glines is a retired Air Force colonel and curator of the Doolittle Military Aviation Library at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of thirty-one books, including Roscoe Turner: Aviation's Master Showman (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995).

Foreword

v

George L. Weiss

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

ix

Spitsbergen

1

(15)

The Lad from Tveit

16

(10)

Introduction to a New World

26

(17)

The Flight of the America

43

(16)

Tragedy and Prelude to Triumph

59

(14)

To the South Pole

73

(21)

Fame and Misfortune

94

(24)

Prelude to War

118

(15)

The Challenge of Bluie West8

133

(17)

``War Below Zero''

150

(17)

Operations Sonnie and Ball

167

(21)

Operation Where and When and the Sepals Project

188

(17)

From Airline Copresident to Squadron Commander

205

(22)

``The Most Unpleasant Years of My Life''

227

(23)

An Autobiography Raises a Storm

250

(18)

The World's Polar Consultant

268

(11)

Appendix

279

(2)

Notes

281

(19)

Bibliography

300

(3)

Index

303

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