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 2891 (994) Category General Polar; Author Thomas, Lowell Title SIR HUBERT WILKINS: HIS WORLD OF ADVENTURE. An Autobiography recounted by Lowell Thomas. Publishing Information London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1961/1962. Description 1st Edition: 278 pages, illustrated, b/w photographs. Original hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, dust jacket has remnants of old Sellotape stains, covers slightly faded top and bottom of spine. Contents clean. Biography of the polar explorer, who went on expeditions with Stefansson and Shackleton and made pioneering air flights in both the Arctic and Antarctic. George Hubert Wilkins (1888 - 1958), was an Australian-born British explorer who advanced the use of the airplane and pioneered the use of the submarine for polar research, exploring both poles. Written from Wilkins diaries and notes. Price £10.00 Keywords polar,qpolarq, arctic, polarbook, S1-Pol ISBN Add this to your basket