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    Reference 2409 (1139)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Lindsay, Martin
    Title THREE GOT THROUGH: Memoirs of an Arctic explorer.
    Publishing Information London: Youth Book Club, The Falcon Press,1950.
    Description Youth Book Club Edition: 262pp, illustrated, 16 b/w photographs, 3 maps. Blue cloth covers with black titling to spine, no dustjacket. An autobiographical account of the Gino Watkins Arctic Air-Route expedition and the story of three men who made a record Arctic Journey. An Arctic journey of 1200 miles and after many tribulations reached the coast after 103 days sledging and two and a half days food in hand.Sir Martin Alexander Lindsay, 1st Baronet, CBE, DSO (22 August 1905 – 5 May 1981) was a British army officer and explorer. He came to fame in the 1930s leading a succession of expeditions to Greenland, and later went into politics; he was elected as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament after the Second World War. In 1930 he was appointed Surveyor to the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition to Greenland, led by Gino Watkins. Lindsay later wrote up his experiences in a book called "Those Greenland Days" (1932), paying tribute to Watkins' team building. He was awarded the King's Polar Medal for the success of the expedition. Lindsay enjoyed writing about explorers and in 1933 wrote "The Epic of Captain Scott" about Robert Falcon Scott. In 1934 Lindsay was the Leader of the British Trans-Greenland Expedition under the patronage of the Prince of Wales. The expedition was sponsored by several British government ministries and aimed to explore and map a 350-mile long stretch of Greenland which had not previously been visited but contained the highest mountains in the Arctic Circle. Andrew Croft was the photographer for the expedition; Lt. Daniel Godfrey was in charge of survey and navigation. The expedition crossed Greenland from west to east, and succeeded in fixing the positions of many important features including Gunnbjørns Fjeld. On the return journey the team headed south-west to Ammassalik (now Tasiilaq) and on their journey discovered the extent of the Kronprins Frederik Bjerge mountain range. Lindsay's expedition set a new world record after sledging for 1,050 miles (700 of which were through unexplored territory). When all three returned safe and well, the expedition was regarded as an unqualified success, with The Times devoting a leader to it. The Times observed that "for daring and success [it] will rank high in the long annals of polar exploration".Lindsay had also written his report of the expedition for The Times and in 1935 wrote a book called "Sledge" based on these reports. His fame extended beyond Britain and in April 1935 he was awarded the Alexandre de la Roquette Gold Medal by the French Geographical Society for his leadership. Shelfware, covers and titling faded. Date stamp on fep, feps spotted, front hinge split on title page, tiny ink mark to title page otherwise contents clean. Good
    Price £4.00
    Keywords qpolarq, polar S1-Arc
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