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    Reference 3771 (2027)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Thomson, John
    Title ELEPHANT ISLAND AND BEYOND: The Life and Diaries of Thomas Orde Lees.
    Publishing Information Huntingdon: Bluntisham Books - Erskine Press, 2003. 1852970766
    Description 1st Edition: 399 pages, illustrated. Originalcovers in unclipped dust jacket. Previous owners neat signature front end paper otherwise contents clean. Appears unread. From the dust jacket introduction "One long nightmare fropm beginning to end, always short of food, frequently wet, living in the dirt and squalor, unwashed for months without a change of clothes....." He was in Shackleton's 1914 expedition on board Endurance, he later became the advocate pf the parachute, "many pilots owe their lives to his faith in this new invention"
    Price £70.00
    Keywords Shackleton, 1914, Polar, expedition, Endurance S1-Ant
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