Search Results: life in the antarctic photographs by by scottish national antarctic

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: Gowans & Gray, 1907. Soft cover. Good. 4" x 5.5" Reprint. Gowan's Nature Books Series, No. 10. Illustrated wraps. [5] 6-67 p.p. plus [5] p.p. ads. [60] photographs incl. frontis, showing seals, pigeons, penguins, humpback whales and other fascinating arctic species in their own environments that were encountered by the staff of the Scottish National Expedition on the voyage of their ship "Scotia" between 1902-1904. Followed with Notes on Antarctic Mammals and Birds by W.S. Bruce. Covers browned with stain on front. Some chips to top right corner and spine ends with small loss to head. Inner covers browned, foxed. Front inner hinge cracked. Otherwise a good copy. William Speirs Bruce [1867-1921] was a Scottish Naturalist and explorer who organized the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition from which these photos were taken.