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 2075 (514) Category Antarctic; Author Mountevans, Admiral Lord Title ARCTIC SOLITUDES. Publishing Information London: Lutterworth Press,1953. Description Third Impression; xvi, 143pp, endpaper maps, 24 b/w ilustrations. Blue cloth cover with gilt titling to spine in pictorial unclipped dustjacket. Written by a former polar explorer, this book contains stories about Nansen, Sir John Franklin, Peary, Amundsen and many other polar heroes. Author gives a concise history of the expeditions which have ventured in search of the North-East and North-West Passages, and of the North Pole itself from the early explorers to the conquest by air. Also accounts of whaling, bear hunting, and of the eskimos who live within the Arctic Circle. Also a chapter on the Canadian Mounted Police which includes the true and tragic story of a lost patrol. Dustjacket tatty, with tears, chipped, spine slightly sunned. Good/Fair Price £5.00 Keywords qpolarq, Scott, expedition, South Pole, polar. S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket