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    Reference 3834 (2539)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Seaver, George
    Title 'BIRDIE' BOWERS OF THE ANTARCTIC. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
    Publishing Information London: John Murray,1938.
    Description 1st Edition, 2nd impression October 1938 (Same month as the 1st): Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, xxxiii, 270 pages,illustrated with 13 plates including 3 in colour by Wilson with 1 being a double-page reproduced from South Polar Times, 2 maps (1 folding) Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. Shelf wear, gift inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean. "About half the book deals with Bowers' Antarctic trip. Extensive quotations from other sources, primarily Cherry-Garrard's Worst Journey . . . (in which much of Bowers' Pole Trip diary was first published) and much from Bowers' weekly letters home. The letters are not easily found elsewhere." Conrad, Bibliography of Antarctic Exploration. "As the troubles have thickened about us his dauntless spirit ever shone brighter and he remained cheerful, hopeful and indomitable to the end." R. F. Scott.
    Price £25.00
    Keywords Scott, expedition, South Pole, polar. S1-Ant
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