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 3627 (1906) 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, illustrated, frontispiece and 36 colour b/w photos. The two colour maps originally supplied are not present. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh.Original covers. Minor spotting to page edges, 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 £20.00 Keywords qpolarq, S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket