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 2706 (2412) Category Arctic; Author Powell, Theodore Title THE LONG RESCUE: The story of the tragic Greely Expedition. Publishing Information London: W H Allen,1961. Description 1st UK Edition: 303 pages, illustrated, 12 b/w plates, map endpapers. Original covers in illustrated dust jacket. Shelf wear, damp damage, some damp staining to dustjacket and covers and bottom of some pages, mainly affecting the plates. Missing part of back of dust jacket. Contents clean.The story of the tragic Greely expedition to Greenland in 1879. A successful scientific project that turned into a fight for survival. Price £2.50 Keywords qpolarq, arctic, polar S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket