American Experience
Season 11 Episode 4 - Alone on the Ice
In June 1934, Richard Byrd lay alone in a small hut within the polar ice, hovering near death. No one before Byrd had ever experienced winter in the interior of the Antarctic. In an age of heroes, he was one of America's greatest. An explorer, aviation pioneer and scientist, Byrd was also an egotist, a risk-taker, and, his critics claim, a fraud who sometimes took credit for the accomplishments of others.
Episodes in Season 11
America 1900
55 min
Race for the Superbomb
55 min
Hoover Dam
55 min
Alone on the Ice
55 min
Rescue at Sea
55 min
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
55 min
Lost in the Grand Canyon
55 min
MacArthur (1): Destiny
55 min
MacArthur (2): The Politics of War
55 min
Fly Girls
55 min