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 2337 (631) Category Arctic; Author Howerd, Gareth Title DEW LINE DOCTOR. Publishing Information London: The Adventurers Club, 1962. Description 2nd Edition; 191pp, illustrated, 1 map, 14 b/w photographs. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine in unclipped dustjacket. A graphic and absorbing account of life in the Arctic for the author, a doctor to the Distant Early Warning Line, more widely known as the DEW line. This consisted of a chain of radar stations that were linked across 600,000 square miles of the Arctic. His base was on Baffin Island, where he ran a small, fairly primitive hospital. When patients were ill he flew to treat them, and also answered distress calls from Eskimos. acting as both dentist and vet to their huskies. This gave him the raw material for this account of life in the Arctic, . its people, wild life, birds and seal hunting. Shelfware, dustjacket spotted on inside, bumped, some minor foxing, mainly to page edges and prelims, contents clean. Very Good/ Dustjacket Good. Price £7.50 Keywords Arctic, Baffin Island, eskimo, huskies, polar, qpolarq S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket