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

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    Reference 2075 (514)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Mountevans, Admiral Lord
    Title ARCTIC SOLITUDES.
    Publishing Information London: Lutterworth Press,1953.
    Description Third Impression; xvi, 143 pages, endpaper maps, 24 b/w ilustrations. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket tatty, chipped, spine slightly sunned. Written by a former polar explorer, this book contains stories about Nansen, Sir John Franklin, Peary, Amundsen and many other polar heroes. Concise history of the expeditions which have ventured in search of the North-East and North-West Passages and North Pole from early explorers to conquest by air. Accounts of whaling, bear hunting, and of the Inuit who live within the Arctic Circle. Chapter on Canadian Mounted Police which includes the true and tragic story of a lost patrol.
    Price £5.00
    Keywords S1-Ant
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