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 3754 (2011) Category Antarctic; Author Pearce, Cliff Title THE SILENT SOUND: Two Years In Antarctica and the First Winter Occupation of Alexander Island. Publishing Information Sussex, Book Guild Ltd., 2004. 185776845 Description 1st Edition; xvi, 256 pages,illustrated, 37 colour photographs, 9 sketch maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Previous owners very neat inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean. Appears unread. Written by Cliff Pearce, who served in Antarctica with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for three years from 1959. A mountain was named 'Pearce Dome' in his honour. This work describes the author's adventure overwintering on Alexander Island and his two years spent in Antarctica. Price £60.00 Keywords BAS, FIDS, Falkland Islands, Exploration, Fossil Bluff. S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket