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 1570 (245) Category Antarctic; Author Liversidge, Douglas Title WHITE HORIZON Publishing Information London: Odhams Press, 1951. Description 1st Edition; 256pp with index, illustrated, 31 b/w photographs. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, no dustjacket. "This is a vivid eye-witness account of 'Operation Corkscrew' - the epic Antarctic rescue voyage of the polar ship John Biscoe in 1950, when eleven ice-imprisoned Britons were relieved by sea and air, after being stationed there for two years, from Stonington Island in Graham Land - the southernmost base of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, Antarctica." Spine and titling faded, covers bumped, piece missing frayed at bottom of spine, Some foxing to edges and eps.Good. Price £5.00 Keywords Antarctic, Polar, Expedition, qpolarq S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket