LEADER 00000nim a22004695a 4500 003 MWT 005 20200128025323.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 200125s2020 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781690563150 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 169056315X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ dsa_9781690563150_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT12749832 037 12749832|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 919.804/092|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Maynard, Jeff,|eauthor. 245 10 Antarctica's lost aviator :|bthe epic adventure to explore the last frontier on Earth|h[Hoopla electronic resource] / |cJeff Maynard. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bDreamscape Media, LLC,|c2020. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 02 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Paul Bellatoni. 520 By the 1930s, no one had yet crossed Antarctica, and its vast interior remained a mystery frozen in time. Hoping to write his name in the history books, wealthy American Lincoln Ellsworth announced he would fly across the unexplored continent, and to honor his hero, Wyatt Earp, he would carry his gun belt on the flight. The obstacles to Ellsworth's ambition were numerous: he didn't like the cold, he avoided physical work, and he couldn't navigate. Consequently, he hired the experienced Australian explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins, to organize the expedition on his behalf. While Ellsworth battled depression and struggled to conceal his homosexuality, Wilkins purchased a ship, hired a crew, and ordered a revolutionary new airplane constructed. The Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Expeditions became epics of misadventure, as competitors plotted to beat Ellsworth, pilots refused to fly, crews mutinied, and the ship was repeatedly trapped in the ice. Finally, in 1935, Ellsworth took off to fly from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea. A few hours after leaving, radio contact with him was lost and the world gave him up for dead. Antarctica's Lost Aviator brings alive one of the strangest episodes in polar history, using previously unpublished diaries, correspondence, and film to reveal the amazing true story of the first crossing of Antarctica and how, against all odds, it was achieved by the unlikeliest of heroes. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Ellsworth, Lincoln,|d1880-1951|xTravel|zAntarctica. 650 0 Explorers|zUnited States|vBiography. 651 0 Antarctica|xAerial exploration. 700 1 Bellatoni, Paul,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 12749832?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ dsa_9781690563150_180.jpeg