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 2817 (1456) Category Arctic; Author Gunnar Seidenfaden, (Preface by Peter Freuchen), Translated from the Danish by Naomi Walford Title MODERN ARCTIC EXPLORATION. Publishing Information London: Jonathan Cape, 1939. Description 1st UK Edition; 189 pages, illustrated, b/w plates, coloured folding map. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket for protection. Previous owners signature to verso front cover otherwise contents clean, some spotting, mainly to end papers. Chapters include: Introduction to the present day; The modern expedition; Map-making; Geology; Biology; Marine research; The peoples of the Arctic; Polar voyages of the most recent times; Conclusion. Price £10.00 Keywords qpolarq, arctic, polarbook, polar, S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket