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 2794 (939) Category Arctic; Author Scott, J.M Title PORTRAIT OF AN ICE CAP with Human Figures. Publishing Information London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited,1953. Description 1st Edition; x, 172pp, illustrated, 15 pages b/w plates, 2 drawings. Blue cloth covers, in unclipped dustjacket. The author was a member of Gino Watkins' 1930 British Arctic Air Route Expedition and Courtauld's solo camp. A diary of the people with the author who with others spent time at the far north of Greenland on the ice cap at a weather station. Fascinating account of people and conditions. Dustjacket stained, Shelfware, covers sunned, contents clean. Good. Price £2.50 Keywords qpolarq, arctic, polarbook, polar, S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket