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    Category General Polar;
    Author Kirwan, L.P
    Title THE WHITE ROAD: POLAR EXPLORATION FROM THE VIKINGS TO FUCHS.
    Publishing Information London: Hollis & Carter, 1959.
    Description 1st Edition, x, 374 pages, map end papers, illustrated with b/w photos, 5 maps, (1 folding). Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dustjacket. Shelf wear, minor spotting to page edges, contents clean. "Beginning three hundred years 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. This book is "the first complete survey of its kind covering both Arctic and Antarctic exploration, traces the main trends and influences at work throughout polar history. Scott, Amundsen, Ross, Kanes etc.,
    Price £10.00
    Keywords Scott, Ahmundsen, Ross, polar, expedition S1-Pol
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