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    Reference 1849 (363)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Brontman, L
    Title ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD: THE SOVIET EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE, 1937. Edited and with a Foreward by Academician O.J.Schmidt Hero of the Soviet Union.
    Publishing Information London: Victor Gollancz, London, 1938.
    Description PROOF COPY; 281pp, illustrated, 24 monotone photographs, 2 maps (1 folding) ; Tan wrappers with black titling. An account of a Soviet Expedition in which the participants flew to the North Pole and passed eleven days there. It also covers the experiences of four members of the expedition who stayed longer at the pole, and the four scientist who lived for 8 months drifting on a chunk of ice in the middle of the Arctic Ocean eventually rescued off the coast of Greenland. Previous owners details on half title, with tipped in label offering information on the Left Book Club. Very Good
    Price £25.00
    Keywords qpolarq, arctic, greenland S1-Arc
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