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    Category Arctic;
    Author McKinlay, William Laird (Foreword by Magnus Magnusson)
    Title KARLUK: The Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration.
    Publishing Information London: Book Club Associates by arrangement of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976
    Description By arrangement of Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1976. 1st Edition: vi - xiv, pages 1 and 2, vi- xii, pages 3 to 170. (Odd pagination at the front, looks like a binders error) illustrated with 48 b/w photos, 3 maps. Origianl covers in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear to dust jacket, covers and contents clean. A nice copy. From the Dust jacket flap "This book tells for the first time the full story of the Karluk, the leading ship of Stefansson's Arctic Expedition of 1913-18 which was crushed and sunk in ice almost before the expedition had properly begun. The ship's crew of twenty-five were left stranded on the Arctic ice while their leader continued his northern exploration, not returning for five years. The almost incredible story of their nightmare struggle for survival in the face of ignorance, lack of leadershipand the appalling Arctic conditions is told by the magnetician and meteorologist of the expedition, William Laird McKinlay, a Scottish schoolteacher then twenty-five years old.
    Price £7.50
    Keywords Arctic, Polar, Exploration S1-Arc
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