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    Reference 4365 (2466)
    Category General Polar;
    Author Tilman, H.W
    Title The Eight Sailing/Mountain - Exploration Books
    Publishing Information UK: Diadem (Baton Wicks Publications) and The Mountaineers, 1995. 0906371228
    Description 5th printing, 1st published in 1987: 956 pages, illustrated with photos at the beginning of each book and 8 pages of colour photos. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket, appears unread. A compendium of Tilman's later polar exploration works, comprising 'Mischief in Patagonia' (1957), 'Mischief Among the Penguins' (1961), 'Mischief in Greenland' (1964), 'Mostly Mischief' (1966), 'Mischief Goes South' (1968), 'In Mischief's Wake' (1971), 'Ice With Everything' (1974) and 'Triumph and Tribulation' (1977). A heavy book. "When Tilman bought the pilot cutter 'Mischief' in 1954, it was not with the intention of retiring from mountaineering, but to use the sea for access to remote mountains in high latitudes. Over the next twenty-two years "Mischief" and her successors saw regular service in distant waters, and their owner developed a whole new technique and tradition of amphibious mountaineering ... The eight books collected here are humorous, learned, devastatingly candid, and packed with information. They recount voyages to the Southern Oceans where he visited Patagonia, the Crozets, Kerguelen, Heard Island and the South Shetlands. No less important were his many trips to Greenland as well as forays to Sptizbergen, Baffin Island and other areas above the Arctic Circle" (jacket info).
    Price £25.00
    Keywords Antarctic, sailing, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Polar S1-Pol
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