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 2723 (1200) Category Antarctic; Author Ronne, Edith M. "Jackie" Title ANTARCTICA'S FIRST LADY: Memoirs of the First American Woman to Set Foot on the Antarctic Continent . Publishing Information Texas: Clifton Steamboat Museum and Three Rivers Council, 2004. 1575792982 Description 1st Edition: viii, 406pp, (1), illustrated b/w maps and photographs. Paperback. An autobiographical account Jennie Darlington, whose new (in 1947) husband Harry had been on the Byrd expedition in 1939-41 and was chosen as aviation chief of the 1947 expedition. She was supposed to leave the group when they reached Chile but when the Commander's wife decided to remain with the expedition, Jennie also elected to join them and so spend one of the most unusual honeymoons of all time. Appears unread. Very Good Price £40.00 Keywords Antarctic, Polar, Expedition S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket