Polar Regions

Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1964. 279 pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates and maps. . Very light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Terra Australis Incognita; Cook Crosses the Circle; The Sealers Find a New Continent; Weddell Sails South; To the Magnetic Pole; The Crowded Antarctic; Scott's First Expedition; The First Assault on the Pole; The Conquest of the South Pole; The Scott Tragedy; Mawson and Blizzards Whackleton and Endurance; Byrd-Admiral of the Ends of the Earth; Ellsworth-Across the Continent by Air; and Toward the Atomic Age. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo. robert falcon scott; sir ernest shackleton; south pole; polar regions; antarctic;. more information

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Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1977. 415 pp. Rose tweed boards lettered with gilt on the spine; endpaper maps. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; inscription on the first blank page; previous owner's name and address on the half-title page; price intact. Illustrated with maps and black and white plates. The Chapters are: The Naval Gentlemen Cut the Ice; Franklin and His Ladies; Have You Seen Any Large Ships Lately; The Sledge Supermen; The Mystery of Thomas Simpson; The Eskimo from Philadelphia; The Eskimo from Cincinnati; Hamlet on Skis; The Polar Pirate; The Race to the Big Nail; North Pole or Bust; Knud: Champion of the Eskimos; and Stef: Champion of the North. . ISBN: 0070825483. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to. maps; arctic; beaufort sea; inuit; eskimo; baffin island; polar regions; north pole;. more information

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