Polar Books Catalogue

  • Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;

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    Reference 2087 (2618)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Mountevans, Admiral Lord
    Title ARCTIC SOLITUDES.
    Publishing Information London: Lutterworth Press,1953.
    Description 1st Impression; xvi, 143 pages, end paper maps, 24 b/w ilustrations. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket for protection. Shelf wear, covers sunned, previous owners bookplate on half title, contents clean. This book contains stories about Nansen, Franklin, Peary, Amundsen and polar explorers. A concise history of expeditions which have ventured in search of the North-East and North-West Passages and The North Pole from the early explorers to the conquest by air. Accounts of whaling, bear hunting, the Inuit, includes a chapter on the Canadian Mounted Police tragic story of a lost patrol.
    Price £12.50
    Keywords Scott, expedition, South Pole, polar. S1-Ant
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