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 1835 (1390) Category Arctic; Author Brontman, L Title ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD: THE SOVIET EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE, 1937. Edited and with a Foreward by Academician O.J.Schmidt Hero of the Soviet Union. Publishing Information London: Victor Gollancz, London, 1938. Description Left Book Club Edition; 287pages, illustrated, 24 monotone photographs, 2 maps (1 folding) Original covers, no dust jacket. Shelf wear, small stain to front cover, contents clean.An account of a Soviet Expedition in which the participants flew to the North Pole and passed eleven days there. It also covers the experiences of four members of the expedition who stayed longer at the pole, and the four scientist who lived for 8 months drifting on a chunk of ice in the middle of the Arctic Ocean eventually rescued off the coast of Greenland. Price £7.00 Keywords arctic, greenland S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket