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 3846 (2092) Category Whaling; Author Grierson, John Title AIR WHALER Publishing Information London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.,1949. Description 1st Edition; 243 pages, illustrated, frontispiece of the author, 64 pages of b/w photos. Original covers, no dust jacket. Shelf wear, minor spotting, mainly to page edges. Pin prick hole in spine, stains to rear cover. Contents clean. Account of a season's whaling in the Antarctic in the 1940s and of the first serious attempt to use aeroplanes for whaling. The interactions of an almost entirely British aircrew and the almost entirely Norwegian-officered whale factory ship "Balaena". Price £20.00 Keywords whaling, antarctic S1-Wha ISBN Add this to your basket