BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION POSTCARD (1935) ROBERT A.J. ENGLISH SIGNED & DELIVERED

ANTARCTICA SIGNED POST CARD. Vintage postcard sent January 31, 1934 from Antarctica and delivered to San Francisco on March 25, 1935, to commemorate and promote the second Byrd expedition. Signed by Capt. Robert A. J. English who captained the Bear of Oakland on this expedition. The card was carried to Antarctica and delivered upon return. Intriguing postage stamp, date stamps, and sepia image of flight wreckage to face of card. Near fine rarity. The English Coast of Antarctica is named after Robert A. J. English and is located between the northern tip of Rydberg Peninsula and the Buttress Nunataks, on the west side of Palmer Land. It was discovered and explored in 1940, on land by Finn Ronne and Carl R. Eklund and from the air by other members of the East Base of the US Antarctic Service (USAS), 193941. Originally named after Captain English, US Navy, and Captain of the Bear of Oakland on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 193335.In 193335 the second Byrd expedition visited Little America with the aim of mapping and claiming land; he extended the exploration of Marie Byrd Land and continued his scientific observations. During the southern winter of 1934 (March to August), Byrd spent five months alone in a hut at a weather station. At Bolling Advance Base weather station, 123 miles south of Little America buried beneath the ice shelf face, Byrd endured temperatures between -58° and -76° F and sometimes significantly lower. He was finally rescued in a desperately sick condition, suffering from frostbite and carbon monoxide poisoning, but ultimately recovering and later carrying out additional missions to the frozen land of the south.…