Parker Bros Inc :Admiral Byrd's South Pole game "Little America". Reg. U.S. Patent Office. Parker Bros Inc, Salem, Mass., New York, London. [Board game. 1930-1934]

Board game based on the Antarctic expedition of Admiral Byrd, consists of a map which follows Byrd on his trail by air, sea and land from Dunedin, New Zealand, to the South Pole avoiding the perils of icebergs, crevasses and blizzards along the route. Object of the game is to insert peg at bottom of microphone into die-cut holes at "New Zealand", spin the metal arrow on the microphone to determine the number of holes to advance, and start out for Admiral Byrd's Little America base. As players reach their destination they announce their safe arrival using the microphone and then continue on to the South Pole. The first player to reach the South Pole by exact count wins. Along the way, players encounter penguins, storm warnings, icebergs and crevasses.

The box also contains an instruction sheet for the game, and a card advertising the game "Rook".

Byrd's first Antarctic expedition took place 1928-1930. Some sources date this game at 1934, but at least one source gives 1930 eg Charles Dee Sharp's "The Wonder of American Toys 1920-1950", chapter 9.

Quantity: 1 board game.

Physical Description: Relief prints and photolithograph, on card and in box 335 x 440 mm, with four coloured wooden pegs, four wooden, metal, cardboard and string "microphones".

Alternative form available: Scanned from original