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    Reference 1517 (1683)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Giaever, John, and Others
    Title THE WHITE DESERT: THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE NORWEIGAN-BRITISH-SWEDISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
    Publishing Information London: Chatto & Windus, 1954.
    Description 1st UK Edition; With contributions by Gordon De Q, Robin, E.F. Roots, Valter Schytt and Brian Walford and a foreword by J.M. Wordie. Translated from the Norwegian by E.M. Huggard. 304 pages, 31 b/w photographs,10 maps. Original hardcover in photocopied dust jacket. Ex Libris, libary stamps and pocket on verso front cover, withdrawn stamps on end papers, library loan bookplate poorly removed from front end paper, residue sellotape marks on covers. Contents clean. An official account of the first ever large-scale International Expedition to the Antarctic 1949-1952, led by Captain John Giaever. It tells the story of him and his fourteen companions working for two years at the base at Maudheim, and includes contributions from four members of the team, Gordon de Q. Robin, E.F. Roots, Valter Schytt and Brian Walford.
    Price £2.50
    Keywords Byrd, flight, expedition, adventure, Polar. S1-Ant
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