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    Category General Polar;
    Author Kirwan, L.P
    Title A HISTORY OF POLAR EXPLORATION.
    Publishing Information London: Penguin Books, 1962.
    Description Paperback Edition, originally published as The White Road by Hollis & Carter 1959; 408pp, illustrated, 16 b/w plates, 6 maps, (1 folding). Cover beginning to split at top of spine, pages browned. "Beginning three hundred years before the Christian Era, when Pytheas steered his square-sailed Greek galley to the edge of the 'curdled sea,' and ending with the trans-polar voyage of the nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus." Author was Director of Royal Geographic Society. At the time the book was "the first complete survey of its kind covering both Arctic and Antarctic exploration, traces the main trends and influences at work throughout polar history. Tear to top of front cover, covers grubby, pages browned. Good.
    Price £2.50
    Keywords Scott, Amundsen, Ross, polar, expedition S1-Pol
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