On 28 of March Richard Byrd stood outside the small house. He shook hands with the men who were leaving. They were heading back to the main camp on the coast of Antarctica(南极洲). However, Byrd would1 to work at the base camp.
"I don't like leaving you here alone, " Pete Demas said. "I' ll be 2 , " Byrd replied. He was looking forward to the challenge of spending the winter at the base camp. He would be recording the weather. There was enough food and fuel(燃料) in the tiny house. He felt sure 3 would go wrong.
4 , something did go wrong. Byrd was burning the fuel for heat but the fumes(有毒气体) were not leaving the house. Slowly he was poisoned (中毒). When he finally came back to life, he made himself into his sleeping bag. Three days later, he 5 it was a Sunday. The men in the main camp would 6 his radio message. Byrd moved hard out of bed and made the call 7 . He didn't want the men to know how 8 he was. It was too dangerous for them to come to save him.
By will-power alone, Byrd managed to stay alive. He was so 9 that he could hardly walk. But he forced himself to do the basics. He 10 food and made myself eat. He took 11 of weather and sent radio messages. But by late June, the men 12 that something. was wrong. Most of the time, Byrd's messages made no sense.
On August 11, Demas and two others reached the base camp. They could 13 recognize(认出) Byrd. He was very thin and looked terrible. Byrd greeted(问候) them and then 14 to the ground. The men had arrived in time. After two months of care, Byrd's good15 returned. He and his men worked together again.