CONTENTS

Author’s Note

Prologue

PART IALMOST HEROIC

1The Elf Child

2The Kingdom of Death

3No Longer the Only American

4Just a Passenger

5No Other Worlds to Conquer

6The Sacrifice I Must Make

7The Threshold of Greatness

PART IIWYATT EARP LIMITED

8The Lone Eagle

9The Mayor of Antarctica

10Cloud Kingdoms of the Sunset

11The Universe Began to Vibrate

12Alone

13The Stars Forecast Strange Things

14The Third Man

15A Higher Type of Courage

PART IIITHE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC

16The Great Unknown

17Chasing the Sun

18Lost

19Thank God You’re Down There

20Maybe It’s All to Try Us

21A Friendly Gesture

22A Silence That Could Be Felt

23Chugging On

Afterword

Appendix AProblems in Polar Navigation

Appendix BNavigation Instructions Prepared by Sir Hubert Wilkins

Appendix CWyatt Earp Crew Lists

Bibliography

Endnotes

Acknowledgments

Index