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No Man's Land. A History Of Spitsbergen From Its Discovery In 1596 To The Beginning Of The Scientific Exploration Of The Country

By: Conway Sir Martin

Price: £165.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1906

Seller ID: 61983

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 377pp, 11 illusts, 12 maps, mint new green cloth binding, exlibrary with a few small ink stamps, small edge tear to half title and dedication page and two other leaves, one folding map reproduced, VG.

Results of research over a period of nine years, begun as preliminary studies to the author's expeditions, 1896-97. A well documented account of the discovery of Svalbard, its walrus hunting and whaling history; winterings on west Spitsbergen, the era of Russian trappers, and national expeditions to the archipelago. List of principal voyages recorded 1847-1900; bibliography of the history and geography of Svalbard; the cartography with a chronological list of maps, 1598-1820, and a history of Svalbard nomenclature before the 19th century.
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No Man's Land. A History Of Spitsbergen From Its Discovery In 1596 To The Beginning Of The Scientific Exploration Of The Country

By: Conway Sir Martin

Price: £220.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1906

Seller ID: 63363

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 377pp, 11 illusts, 12 maps, original green cloth with gilt titling, professionally recased with new spine and original laid on, exlibrary, small ink stamps, the Admiralty Chart has been reproduced, near VG.

With Ski & Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers

By: Conway Sir Martin

Price: £580.00

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Co: 1898

Seller ID: 68211

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 240pp, 14 plates, folding map, original fawn cloth, t.e.g., professionally recased with new spine and original laid on, new endpapers, VG. A very scarce title indeed.

This volume is to be regarded as an appendix to the author's 'The First Crossing of Spitsbergen'. Together they comprise an account of his exploration of the interior of West Spitsbergen undertaken during the summers of 1896 and 1897, in the company of E. J. Garwood, whose photographs illustrate this book. The text is a narrative of the explorations during 1897, when Conway and Garwood with two companions, ascended the Nordenskiold Glacier, proceeded by boat to King's Bay, from there they sledged and skied along King's Highway Glacier into the Pretender Pass - Osborne Glacier region, and eastw...
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No Man's Land. A History Of Spitsbergen From Its Discovery In 1596 To The Beginning Of The Scientific Exploration Of The Country

By: Conway Sir Martin

Price: £325.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1906

Seller ID: 56104

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 377pp, 11 illusts, 12 maps, original green cloth with gilt titling, private bookplate, owner's signature, VG.

The Exploration of Northern Canada. 500 to 1920 A Chronology

By: Cooke Alan and Holland Clive

Price: £60.00

Publisher: The Arctic History Press: 1978

Seller ID: 70128

ISBN: 0771022654

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 549pp, folding maps, full faux leather binding, blindstamp of a private library to front endpaper, Fine. Only 1100 copies were produced.

A fantastic reference work.
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Opus VII

By: Countant Dr. Guy [editor]

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Acadmie Europenne de Philatlie / European Academy of Philately:

Seller ID: 52752

Binding: paperback

Condition: 203pp, paperback, Fine copy. A great reference for Polar Postal History enthusiasts.

This was published in the International Polar Year and the main contents relate to Polar Postal history. Text in French and English
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Antarctica

By: Cowcher Helen

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Andre Deutsch: 1990

Seller ID: 64028

ISBN: 0233984518

Binding: hardcover

Condition: pictorial boards, Fine copy.

Childrens book.
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The North West Passage Prints. A Series Of Eight Sketches In Colour

By: Cresswell Lieut. S. Gurney

Price: £85.00

Publisher: The Arctic Press: 1998

Seller ID: 33244

Binding: paperback

Condition: New

High quality reprints. Limited copies. Size 450 x 640mm. Extra postage due to size.
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Polar Exploration

By: Croft Andrew

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Adam & Charles Black: 1947

Seller ID: 67745

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 268pp, VG in Good+ dw

With 22 illustratiuons and 8 maps.
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Ghost Ship Of The Pole

By: Cross Wilbur

Price: £16.00

Publisher: William Sloane Associates: 1960

Seller ID: 585

Binding: hardcover

Condition: VG in G+ dw some loss to top of spine

Trial By Ice. The Antarctic Journals of John King Davis.

By: Crossley Louise [editor]

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1997

Seller ID: 52554

ISBN: 1852970472

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 203pp, hardback, map endpapers, light sunning to spine, Fine in VG+ dw.

Davis was arguably the greatest of the captains in the age of Antarctic exploration. His seven voyages from 1907 to 1930 gave him unrivalled experience in ice navigation. His caution and natural pessimism often brought him into conflict with expedition leaders such as Douglas Mawson. Taken from his private journals, here for the first time is Davis's account of his major Antarctic voyages.
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Voyage au Pole Sud et dans L'Oceanie sur les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et la Zelee. Volume 3

By: D'Urville J. Dumont

Price: £17.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 2012

Seller ID: 66632

ISBN: 1108049907

Binding: paperback

Condition: 453pp, paperback, New.

In 1836, the French King Louis-Philippe, enthusiastic for Southern Hemisphere exploration, supported J. Dumont d Urville s plan for a circumnavigation focusing on the South Seas. D Urville, 1790-1842, had already distinguished himself on two Pacific expeditions and was eager to rival the achievements of James Cook. Between 1837 and 1840, the ships Astrolabe and Zelee explored the waters of the Antarctic area and Oceania in extremely harsh conditions: almost forty crew members died or deserted. However, d Urville discovered a new portion of the Antarctic coast, shed light on the ethnography of ...
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The Shackleton Letters. Behind The Scenes Of The Nimrod Expedition

By: Daly Regina W.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2009

Seller ID: 69516

ISBN: 1852971010

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 360pp, hardback, Fine in Fine dw. A Limited Edition of 450 copies, individually numbered, with bookplate signed by Regina W. Daly.

Ernest Shackleton was obsessed by the Antarctic. He was disappointed at his showing during Scott's Discovery expedition and he wanted to be the first to the South Pole, partly for glory but also because he felt he had to redeem himself. Raising money was fraught with difficulty but in 1907 he finally set sail, aboard the Nimrod. Here, gathered together for the first time, are some 160 letters and telegrams exploring his endeavours to find finance and to prepare for the expedition. His emotions are revealed through personal correspondence with Scott, Dr Edward Wilson, Sir Clements Markham and m...
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The Shackleton Letters. Behind The Scenes Of The Nimrod Expedition

By: Daly Regina W.

Price: £32.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2009

Seller ID: 70282

ISBN: 1852971010

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 360pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. A Limited Edition of 450 copies, individually numbered, with bookplate signed by Regina W. Daly.

With The "Aurora" In The Antarctic 1911-1914.

By: Davis John King

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2007

Seller ID: 61874

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 183pp, decorative boards, hardback, New. The decorative boards closely match the design and appearance of the original edition retaining much of the character of the original First Edition.

Mawson and Davis became closely acquainted during Shackleton's 1907-9 expedition, and Mawson later recruited Davis to be captain of the Aurora on the 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Originally published in a small edition in 1919 this is the record of the voyages of Aurora in Southern Waters, written from a sailor's point of view. Built in 1876 as an Arctic whaler Aurora, though old and battered, captained by Davis, managed three Antarctic voyages in support of Mawson and his men. This attractive facsimile of the original edition makes a scarce and fascinating book readily available...
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With The "Aurora" In The Antarctic 1911-1914.

By: Davis John King

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2007

Seller ID: 65178

Binding: hardcover

Voyage Of The Belgica. Fifteen Months In The Antarctic.

By: de Gerlache Adrien

Price: £49.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press / Bluntisham Books: 1998

Seller ID: 65252

ISBN: 1852970545

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 202pp, decorative boards, New

Count Adrien de Gerlache was leader of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-98. This is the first English translation of de Gerlache's 1902 account, the voyage which was Amundsen's first Antarctic experience, and the first to overwinter in the Antarctic. The earliest known photographs of Antarctica were taken during this voyage.
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Voyage Of The Belgica. Fifteen Months In The Antarctic.

By: de Gerlache Adrien

Price: £49.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press / Bluntisham Books: 1998

Seller ID: 51703

ISBN: 1852970545

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 202pp, decorative boards, New

The Voyage of the Jeannette. The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U. S. N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879-1881. (Two Volumes)

By: De Long G.W. and De Long Emma [editor]

Price: £59.00

Publisher: Rediscovery Books: 2006

Seller ID: 57273

ISBN: 190574823X

Binding: paperback

Condition: 911pp, paperback, near Fine. A facsimile reprint.

Narrative of an expedition made under the authority of the U.S. Navy Dept and financed by J. G. Bennett. The Jeannette sailed from San Francisco, July 8th 1879, called at a number of places in the Bering Sea, visited Cape Serdze Kamen and went adrift near Herald Island. The drift continued north and west for nineteen months until the ship was finally crushed and sank on June 12th 1881, northeast of the New Siberian Islands. Account of the subsequent search for the thirty three men who left the ship, of whom twenty five reached the Lena delta, where De Long and eleven other perished.
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The Voyage of the Jeannette. The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U. S. N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879-1881. (Two Volumes)

By: De Long G.W. and De Long Emma [editor]

Price: £350.00

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin & Co: 1883

Seller ID: 65530

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xii, 440pp, x, 441-911pp, original brown decorative cloth, wear to head and tail of spines and corner tips, Volume 1 - small tear to front endpaper repaired, small water mark to edge of margin on the last few pages, cracking to rear endpaper, VG. Volume 2 - one folding map repaired, VG. A lovely bright VG set.

In The Arctic. Tales Told at Tea-Time

By: Debenham Frank

Price: £11.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 1997

Seller ID: 68973

ISBN: 1852970499

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 124pp, hardback, decorative boards, crease to a few pages, New, no dustwrapper was issued.

A fascinating series of tales written by Debenham in his retirement. Debenham founded the Scott Polar Research Institute in 1920 and in 1926 became its first Director. The book includes drawings, photographs, maps and a bibliography of possible sources.
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Roald Amundsen's Belgica Diary. The First Scientific Expedition To The Antarctic.

By: Decleir Hugo [editor]

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1999

Seller ID: 57589

ISBN: 1852970588

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 208pp, ink stamp of SPRI, rear corner bumped, VG in VG dw.

A century ago the first Antarctic expedition of a purely scientific nature set sail from Belgium. On board were the Belgian commander, Adrien de Gerlache, the American Polar explorer Frederick Cook and the future conqueror of the South Pole, the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen. Written as a private record this diary provides a fascinating insight into the struggle for survival on the ice during the Antarctic winter and into the pressures involved in being part of a multinational crew.
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Across The Top Of The World. The Quest For The Northwest Passage

By: Delgado James P

Price: £7.00

Publisher: British Museum Press: 1999

Seller ID: 52622

ISBN: 0714125458

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 228pp, Fine in Fine dw

Spell binding saga of Arctic exploration, enhanced with quotations, accounts and dramatic images.
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Pour Jean Malaurie.102 Temoignages En Hommage A Quarante Ans D'Etudes Arctiques

By: Devers Sylvie [editor]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Plon: 1990

Seller ID: 33878

Binding: paperback

Condition: 944pp, large softback, a Fine copy.

Antarctic Comrades. An American with the Russians in Antarctica.

By: Dewart Gilbert

Price: £19.00

Publisher: The Ohio State University Press: 1989

Seller ID: 56117

ISBN: 0814204902

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 194pp, small private bookplate, VG+ in VG+ dw.

An american joined a Soviet expedition to eastern Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year.
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The Voyages Of The 'Morning'.

By: Doorly Gerald S.

Price: £59.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1995

Seller ID: 65285

ISBN: 18542970405

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 224pp, decorative boards, Fine. Only 500 copies produced. A lovely reprint capturing much of the character of the original with embossed penguin to front board matching that of the First Edition.

Doorly was Third Officer on Scotts relief ship the Morning in 1902-3 and 1903-4, serving under Capt. William Colbeck, who had sailed with Borchgrevink, and under Second Officer Edward Evans. Colbeck was going to write an account of the voyages but when this didnt happen Doorly undertook the effort. He produced not only a very interesting, pleasant and readable firsthand account but also one of the scarcest books of Antarctic exploration. The book records the discovery of Scott Island and the first landing on Beaufort Island, and personal impressions of the Southern party upon their return.
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The Voyages Of The 'Morning'.

By: Doorly Gerald S.

Price: £59.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1995

Seller ID: 67063

ISBN: 18542970405

Binding: hardcover

The Voyages Of The 'Morning'.

By: Doorly Gerald S.

Price: £775.00

Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co.: 1916

Seller ID: 68007

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xx, 224pp, 22 illusts, folding map, original decorative blue cloth with penguin to front board, professionally recased with new spine and original relaid, a few blemishes to boards, foxing to endpapers and folding map, inscription, page edges dusty, internally clean, Good++-. A strong copy of a very scarce title indeed.

The Voyages Of The 'Morning'.

By: Doorly Gerald S.

Price: £56.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1995

Seller ID: 69087

ISBN: 18542970405

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 224pp, decorative boards, bookplate of the Cruising Association presented by The Publisher, minor rounding of corner tips, near Fine. Only 500 copies produced. A lovely reprint capturing much of the character of the original with embossed penguin to front board matching that of the First Edition.

The Voyages Of The 'Morning'.

By: Doorly Gerald S.

Price: £59.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1995

Seller ID: 69509

ISBN: 18542970405

Binding: hardcover

The Voyages Of The 'Morning'.

By: Doorly Gerald S.

Price: £59.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1995

Seller ID: 66419

ISBN: 18542970405

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 224pp, decorative boards, small owner's address label, Fine. Only 500 copies produced. A lovely reprint capturing much of the character of the original with embossed penguin to front board matching that of the First Edition. Small owner's sticker.

Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments. Astrobiological Analogs

By: Doran Peter T., Lyons W. Berry and McKnight Diane M. [editors]

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 2010

Seller ID: 63367

ISBN: 0521889197

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 307pp, pictorial boards, New.

The McMurdo Dry Valleys form the largest relatively ice free area on the Antarctic continent. The perennially ice covered lakes, ephemeral streams, and extensive areas of exposed soil are subject to low temperatures, limited precipitation, and salt accumulation. The dry valleys thus represent a region where life approaches its environmental limits. This unique ecosystem has been studied for decades as an analog to environments on other planets. For the first time, the detailed terrestrial research of the dry valleys is brought together and presented from an astrobiological perspective.
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Dangerous Work. Diary Of An Arctic Adventure.

By: Doyle Arthur Conan

Price: £15.00

Publisher: The British Library: 2012

Seller ID: 64022

ISBN: 0712358641

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 368pp, small stain on foreedges, VG+ in Fine dw

In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the "first real outstanding adventure" of his life.
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Dangerous Work. Diary Of An Arctic Adventure.

By: Doyle Arthur Conan

Price: £13.00

Publisher: The British Library: 2012

Seller ID: 65623

ISBN: 0712358641

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 368pp, Fine in VG+ dw

In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the "first real outstanding adventure" of his life.
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Dangerous Work. Diary Of An Arctic Adventure.

By: Doyle Arthur Conan

Price: £16.00

Publisher: The British Library: 2012

Seller ID: 68446

ISBN: 0712358641

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 368pp, hardback, bump to top corner, New in dw.

In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the "first real outstanding adventure" of his life.
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Canoes and Kayaks of Western America.

By: Durham Bill

Price: £35.00

Publisher: The Shorey Book Store: 1974

Seller ID: 66430

ISBN: 0846640732

Binding: paperback

Condition: 103pp, paperback, VG.

The different types of canoes and kayaks, includes those of the Inuit and Aleut.
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Voyage To The Edge Of The World

By: Edmonds Alan

Price: £7.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart: 1973

Seller ID: 32943

ISBN: 0771030673

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 254pp, VG+ in VG dw.

The circumnavigation of North and South America by CSS Hudson and her journey through the Northwest Passage.
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Nature Conservation in Greenland.

By: Egede Ivalo [Editor]

Price: £29.00

Publisher: Atuakkiorfik: 1991

Seller ID: 58303

ISBN: 8755806740

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 132pp, pictorial boards, Fine

Text in three languages (includes english)
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The Book Of Polar Exploration

By: Elias E.L.

Price: £55.00

Publisher: George G. Harrap: 1930

Seller ID: 62686

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 302pp, decorative boards, light foxing to foreedges, VG+ in VG dw. Scarce in dustwrapper.

Hell On Ice. The Saga Of The 'Jeannette'

By: Ellsberg Commander Edward

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co: 1938

Seller ID: 64653

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 421pp, original decorative boards, map endpapers, VG in Poor dw with some loss.

On the basis of his reading and research Ellsberg describes the drift, the partys trip over ice to Lena delta. A vivid and informative albeit secondhand account of the Jeannette expedition, the first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea.
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The Future History of the Arctic

By: Emmerson Charles

Price: £9.00

Publisher: The Bodley Head: 2010

Seller ID: 69141

ISBN: 184792025X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 419pp, Fine in Fine dw.

Geoopolitics expert Charles Emmerson weaves together the history of the region.
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Greenland. Then and Now

By: Erngaard Erik

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Lademann: 1972

Seller ID: 70252

ISBN: 8715080730

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 240pp, VG in Good dw.

An attempt to give a historically correct picture of Greenland's development since the earliest times.
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Antarctic World.

By: Euller John

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Abelard-Schuman: 1960

Seller ID: 64055

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 222pp, foxing to foreedges, tiny nick to edge of spine, Good+ in Good+ dw

Antarctic World is a book clinging to a single fascinating theme: Antarctic problems, man's struggles and successes in solving them.
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South With Scott

By: Evans Sir Edward R.G.R.

Price: £2.00

Publisher: Collins: No Date

Seller ID: 69386

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 284pp, original cloth, map at rear, boards badly worn along front edge, owner's signature, Boards worn, reading copy only

In 1909, Edward (Teddy) Evans, a Senior Royal Naval officer, accompanied Captain Robert Scott on his Polar expedition as his second in command. With diagram and three maps
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Mind Over Matter. The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent

By: Fiennes Ranulph

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Sinclair Stevenson: 1993

Seller ID: 41225

ISBN: 1856193756

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 326pp, VG+ in VG+ dw.

On 9th November, 1992 Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dt. Michael Stroud set out from the Filchner Ice Shelf to attempt the first unassisted crossing of the Antarctic continent.
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Mind Over Matter. The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent

By: Fiennes Ranulph

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Sinclair Stevenson: 1993

Seller ID: 45947

ISBN: 1856193756

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 326pp, VG+ in VG+ dw.

On 9th November, 1992 Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dt. Michael Stroud set out from the Filchner Ice Shelf to attempt the first unassisted crossing of the Antarctic continent.
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