Chapter 2 Planning and preparing until death of Floyd Bennett, second in command. Chapter 3 Planning and preparing from Bennett's death until expedition departs. Chapter 5 Constructing the base camp, Little America, and making a sledge trip to lay depots for future operations. The first flights, which discover the Rockefeller Mountains and Marie Byrd Land. Byrd takes credit for Marie Byrd Land discovery, made by others.
Geological party loses plane in Rockefeller Mountains and has to be rescued.
Chapter 7 How the 42 men lived cooped up together during the perpetual darkness and killing cold of winter . Chapter 9 Sledging to lay depots, beginning of major sledge trip for geological exploration, conflict between Byrd and geological party, firing of reporter and re-instatement. Chapter 10 Plane rehearsing South Polar flight forced to land when it runs out of gas in air, Byrd and crew make history's first flight over South Pole. On a flight, Byrd discovers Edsel Ford Mountains. Chapter 12 Adventures of geological sledge party.