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_Title:_ Lost at the South Pole, or, Ted Scott in Blizzard Land
_Date of first publication:_ 1930
_Author:_ Franklin W. Dixon [John W. Duffield] (1859-1946)
_Date first posted:_ Dec. 14, 2017
_Date last updated:_ Dec. 14, 2017
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[Illustration: HE PUT AN ARM BENEATH THE SHOULDERS OF THE OLDER MAN.
_Ted Scott: Lost at the South Pole._ _Frontispiece_ (_Page 191_)]
=THE TED SCOTT FLYING STORIES=
LOST AT THE
SOUTH POLE
OR
TED SCOTT IN BLIZZARD LAND
By
FRANKLIN W. DIXON
AUTHOR OF
“OVER THE OCEAN TO PARIS,”
“THE LONE EAGLE OF THE BORDER,”
“THE HARDY BOYS: THE SECRET OF THE OLD MILL,” ETC.
_ILLUSTRATED BY_
WALTER S. ROGERS
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
BOOKS FOR BOYS
By FRANKLIN W. DIXON
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
THE TED SCOTT FLYING STORIES
OVER THE OCEAN TO PARIS
RESCUED IN THE CLOUDS
OVER THE ROCKIES WITH THE AIR MAIL
FIRST STOP HONOLULU
THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST FLYERS
SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE
ACROSS THE PACIFIC
THE LONE EAGLE OF THE BORDER
FLYING AGAINST TIME
OVER THE JUNGLE TRAILS
LOST AT THE SOUTH POLE
THROUGH THE AIR TO ALASKA
THE HARDY BOYS MYSTERY STORIES
THE HARDY BOYS: THE TOWER TREASURE
THE HARDY BOYS: THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF
THE HARDY BOYS: THE SECRET OF THE OLD MILL
THE HARDY BOYS: THE MISSING CHUMS
THE HARDY BOYS: HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD
THE HARDY BOYS: THE SHORE ROAD MYSTERY
THE HARDY BOYS: THE SECRET OF THE CAVES
THE HARDY BOYS: THE MYSTERY OF CABIN ISLAND
THE HARDY BOYS: THE GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY
Copyright, 1930, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC.
_All Rights Reserved_
Lost at the South Pole
Made in the United States of America
TO THE
HEROES OF THE AIR
WILBUR, WRIGHT—ORVILLE WRIGHT
The first men to fly in a heavier-than-air machine
LOUIS BLERIOT
The first to fly the English Channel
CAPTAIN JOHN ALCOCK
The first to fly from Newfoundland to Ireland
COMMANDER RICHARD E. BYRD
In command flying over the North Pole
COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
First to fly alone from New York to Paris
CLARENCE D. CHAMBERLIN
First to fly from New York to Germany
LIEUTENANTS LESTER J. MAITLAND—ALBERT F. HEGENBERGER
First to fly from California to Hawaii
CAPTAIN HERMANN KOEHL—COMMANDANT JAMES C. FITZMAURICE
First to fly Westward across the North Atlantic—Ireland
to Greenely Island
CAPTAIN GEORGE H WILKINS—CARL B. EIELSON
First to fly over the Polar Sea from Alaska to Spitsbergen,
And a host of other gallant airmen of the Past and Present who,
by their daring exploits, have made aviation the wonderful
achievement it is to-day
THIS SERIES OF BOOKS
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I IN FLAMES 1
II QUICK WORK 12
III THE JUMP FOR LIFE 24
IV A STRANGE DISCOVERY 33
V SUSPENSE 42
VI THE ENSHROUDING FOG 49
VII THE JAWS OF DEATH 58
VIII THE TEMPEST’S FURY 69
IX GOOD NEWS 77
X SOMETHING BREAKS 83
XI OFF FOR THE POLE 90
XII THE LAND OF FROST 101
XIII OVER THE ICE FIELDS 107
XIV A CLOSE CALL 117
XV IN DESPERATE PLIGHT 126
XVI BROKEN STRANDS 135
XVII THE STRANGE SHIP 148
XVIII THE WINGED ENEMY 157
XIX JAZZ 167
XX TOWARD THE END OF THE EARTH 172
XXI LOST IN THE BLIZZARD 178
XXII THE WEIRD CRY 186
XXIII A TERRIBLE JOURNEY 191
XXIV IN THE ICE KING’S GRIP 198
XXV AGONY—AND VICTORY 203
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