Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 3175 (1560) Category Antarctic; Author Edited By Sir Raymond Priestley, Raymond J.Adie, G. De Q.Robin Title ANTARCTIC RESEARCH: A review of British scientific achievement in Antarctica Publishing Information London: Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1964. Description 1st Edition; xi, 360pages, Frontispiece and 36 plates (colour and b/w), 2 colour folding maps in separate portfolio. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Blue cloth covers with silver titling in grey slip case. Slip case sunned, minor damage to edge. Book & Maps nice and bright, contents clean. The 31 chapters are by various experts in their field including Priestley, Vivian Fuchs, Linton, Morley, Orr, Wiggins, G. de Q. Robin, Raymond Adie, H. H. Lamb, etc and covers all aspects such as polar travel, navigation, dogs, ice cover, seals, whales, fish and bird life, plants, climate, atmosphere, pack ice, aurorae, ionosphere, etc. Price £60.00 Keywords qpolarq, S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket