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    Reference 3699 (1962)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Bickel, Lennard
    Title SHACKLETON'S FORGOTTEN MEN: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy.
    Publishing Information London: Pimlico, 2001. 0712668071
    Description 1st UK Edition: xi, 243 pages, b/w photos, map. Neat previous owners inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean. From the Authors notes - "In 1915, a small party of men made one of the greatest journeys in Polar history. Abandoned by their ship, dependent on scavenged supplies, the men hauled sledges almost 2000 miles across the harsh interior of Antarctica. Their mission was to lay food depots for Ernest Shackleton's Expedition.....Fascinating reading
    Price £5.00
    Keywords qpolarq, polar S1-Ant
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