Author:Aldridge Don

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The Rescue Of Captain Scott.

By: Aldridge Don

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Tuckwell Press: 1999

Edition: 1999 First Edition

Seller ID: 69578

ISBN: 1862320705

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 215pp, Fine in Fine dw

This narrative gives the background to the building of the Discovery in Dundee, examining links between whaling, polar ships, marine engineering, and polar ice rescues. It recounts the remarkable exploits of Dundees ice master, Captain Harry McKay, whose experience rescuing ships locked in pack ice with the aid of his new explosive techniques made him the Admiraltys choice to free Captain Scott aboard Discovery in 1904.
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The Rescue Of Captain Scott.

By: Aldridge Don

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Tuckwell Press: 1999

Edition: 1999 First Edition

Seller ID: 57280

ISBN: 1862320705

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 215pp, owner's signature, Fine in Fine dw

This narrative gives the background to the building of the Discovery in Dundee, examining links between whaling, polar ships, marine engineering, and polar ice rescues. It recounts the remarkable exploits of Dundees ice master, Captain Harry McKay, whose experience rescuing ships locked in pack ice with the aid of his new explosive techniques made him the Admiraltys choice to free Captain Scott aboard Discovery in 1904.
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