In the winter of 1947, Admiral Richard E. Byrd allegedly flew a secret mission across the frozen waters of the arctic. There, he claimed to have seen a previous

EXPLORE A STRANGE LAND KEPT HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC -

IS THERE A GREAT UNKNOWN LAND -- A PARADISE -- BEYOND THE POLES? DID ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS EXPLORERS OF ALL TIME TRAVEL TO THIS "UNDISCOVERED CONTINENT" THAT E

While cataloging Byrd's papers in 1996, Goerler (archivist, Ohio State U.) discovered the controversial explorer's diary and notebook which he frames with maps,

A transcription from the original shorthand of the first part of Byrd's diary now in the Henry E. Huntington Library. Parts covering the period from December 13