Category: Polar

Descriptions of the scenery, Eskimos and administration in West Greenland, based on the author's experiences with J.A.D. Jensen's survey party in 1884, and with a group of Danish scientists under Steenstrup in 1888. Illustrations and plates are reproduced from the author's drawings and paintings.
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The Great Age Of Exploration

By: Castlereagh Duncan

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Reader's Digest : 1979

Seller ID: 73776

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 191pp, pictorial boards, VG+

Arctic Frontiers. United States Explorations in the Far North

By: Caswell John Edwards

Price: £24.00

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press : 1956

Seller ID: 72173

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xv, 232pp, original blue cloth, private bookplate, VG in Good rubbed dw

The history of United States participation in Arctic discovery.
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Northern Lights. The Official Account Of The British Arctic Air-Route Expedition 1930-1931.

By: Chapman F. Spencer

Price: £29.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 1934

Seller ID: 74763

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xv, 264pp, 32 plates, folding map, original red cloth, spine lettering dull, light foxing to foreedges and prelims, VG.

A detailed account of the activities of the expedition, based near Angmagssalik, on the east coast of Greenland. Sledge and boat trips were undertaken, two across the icecap, three northward, one to the icecap station thirty miles west. It describes the establishment of the icecap station and five months work there, including the mapping and reconnaissance with the aid of an airplane, particularly the coast northward to Kangerdlugssuag and an attempt to climb Mount Forel.
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Across Iceland. The Land of Frost and Fire

By: Chapman Olive Muray

Price: £34.00

Publisher: John Lane : 1930

Seller ID: 32914

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xiv, 193pp, illusts, original blue cloth, slight sunning to spine, owner's signature, light foreedge foxing, VG, no dustwrapper.

Towards The South Pole Aboard The "Francais". The First French Expedition To The Antarctic 1903-1905.

By: Charcot Jean-Baptiste

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press : 2004

Seller ID: 71502

ISBN-13: 9781852970628

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 247pp, highly decorative boards, hardback, New. A beautifully produced reprint of the original French edition.

The first French expedition to the Antarctic set sail in August 1903 under the command of Jean-Baptiste Charcot. He had sailed the waterways of Europe until, in 1902, he visited Iceland and the Faroes. He reached the Arctic Circle and his taste for polar voyaging was established. On his return he commissioned a vessel to be built - Francais. By this stage, although an amateur, Charcot had become quite well known, though Scott referred to him?with possibly a touch of disparagement?as 'the polar gentleman'. In August 1903 he set sail. Charcot had designed the ship so that each man could have a p...
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Towards The South Pole Aboard The "Francais". The First French Expedition To The Antarctic 1903-1905.

By: Charcot Jean-Baptiste

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press : 2004

Seller ID: 70292

ISBN-13: 9781852970628

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 247pp, highly decorative boards, hardback, New. A beautifully produced reprint of the original French edition.

The first French expedition to the Antarctic set sail in August 1903 under the command of Jean-Baptiste Charcot. He had sailed the waterways of Europe until, in 1902, he visited Iceland and the Faroes. He reached the Arctic Circle and his taste for polar voyaging was established. On his return he commissioned a vessel to be built - Francais. By this stage, although an amateur, Charcot had become quite well known, though Scott referred to him?with possibly a touch of disparagement?as 'the polar gentleman'. In August 1903 he set sail. Charcot had designed the ship so that each man could have a p...
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Towards The South Pole Aboard The "Francais". The First French Expedition To The Antarctic 1903-1905.

By: Charcot Jean-Baptiste

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press : 2004

Seller ID: 65137

ISBN-13: 9781852970628

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 247pp, highly decorative boards, hardback, New. A beautifully produced reprint of the original French edition.

The first French expedition to the Antarctic set sail in August 1903 under the command of Jean-Baptiste Charcot. He had sailed the waterways of Europe until, in 1902, he visited Iceland and the Faroes. He reached the Arctic Circle and his taste for polar voyaging was established. On his return he commissioned a vessel to be built - Francais. By this stage, although an amateur, Charcot had become quite well known, though Scott referred to him?with possibly a touch of disparagement?as 'the polar gentleman'. In August 1903 he set sail. Charcot had designed the ship so that each man could have a p...
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Unclaimed Coast: The first kayak journey around Shackleton's South Georgia

By: Charles Graham, Jones Mark and Waters Marcus

Price: £32.00

Publisher: Penguin Group, NZ : 2007

Seller ID: 66520

ISBN-13: 9780143007326

Binding: paperback

Condition: 144pp, large paperback, 23x26.5cm landscape, New, signed by Graham Charles.

Gripping account of one of the most extreme sea kayak expeditions ever undertaken - the first successful circumnavigation of South Georgia. Unclaimed Coast is an enthralling tale of triumph told by three men passionate about the environment and challenging themselves to the limit. The story covers each leg of their journey and dives into Sth Georgia?s fascinating history and as the island made famous by Sir Ernest Shackleton during his historic rescue journey in 1916. Stunning photography shows a pristine yet often treacherous environment teeming with wildlife.
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The Worst Journey In The World (Two Volumes)

By: Cherry-Garrard Apsley

Price: £22.00

Publisher: Penguin Books : 1938

Seller ID: 57453

Binding: paperback

Condition: 569pp, paperback, VG in Good dustwrappers.

Being an account of Scott's Last Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, especially the Winter, Polar, and Search Journeys, with the diaries of those who took part. In particular it Includes a detailed account of the 'Winter Journey' to Cape Crozier.
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The Worst Journey In The World. Antarctic 1910 -1913

By: Cherry-Garrard Apsley

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus : 1937

Seller ID: 74760

Binding: hardcover

Condition: lxiv, 585pp, original blue cloth, some pages unopened, foreedge foxing, head of boards worn, Good+ in colour photocopy of original dw.

Includes a detailed account of the 'Winter Journey'.
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The Quest Chronicle. The story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition

By: Chojecki Jan

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Goldcrest Books : 2022

Seller ID: 74309

ISBN-13: 9781913719722

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 408pp, over 100 illustrations, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 500 copies individually numbered and signed by Jan Chojecki. An important new Shackleton related title.

In 1921, a converted Norwegian sealer, Quest, carried the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton on what turned out to be his last expedition. How did this scheme come to be almost completely financed by John Quiller Rowett, the author?s grandfather, whose rum had supplied the Forces during WW1? Was this wise business on Rowett?s part, a generous gesture of friendship or well-intended philanthropy? Why did the book of the expedition, Shackleton?s Last Voyage published in 1923, name Shackleton?s trusty right-hand man, Frank Wild, as the author, when in fact it was written chiefly by the ship?...
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The Quest Chronicle. The story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition

By: Chojecki Jan

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Goldcrest Books : 2022

Seller ID: 74310

ISBN-13: 9781913719722

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 408pp, over 100 illustrations, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 500 copies individually numbered and signed by Jan Chojecki. An important new Shackleton related title.

In 1921, a converted Norwegian sealer, Quest, carried the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton on what turned out to be his last expedition. How did this scheme come to be almost completely financed by John Quiller Rowett, the author?s grandfather, whose rum had supplied the Forces during WW1? Was this wise business on Rowett?s part, a generous gesture of friendship or well-intended philanthropy? Why did the book of the expedition, Shackleton?s Last Voyage published in 1923, name Shackleton?s trusty right-hand man, Frank Wild, as the author, when in fact it was written chiefly by the ship?...
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The Quest Chronicle. The story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition

By: Chojecki Jan

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Goldcrest Books : 2022

Seller ID: 74311

ISBN-13: 9781913719722

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 408pp, over 100 illustrations, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 500 copies individually numbered and signed by Jan Chojecki. An important new Shackleton related title.

In 1921, a converted Norwegian sealer, Quest, carried the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton on what turned out to be his last expedition. How did this scheme come to be almost completely financed by John Quiller Rowett, the author?s grandfather, whose rum had supplied the Forces during WW1? Was this wise business on Rowett?s part, a generous gesture of friendship or well-intended philanthropy? Why did the book of the expedition, Shackleton?s Last Voyage published in 1923, name Shackleton?s trusty right-hand man, Frank Wild, as the author, when in fact it was written chiefly by the ship?...
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The Quest Chronicle. The story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition

By: Chojecki Jan

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Goldcrest Books : 2022

Seller ID: 74312

ISBN-13: 9781913719722

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 408pp, over 100 illustrations, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 500 copies individually numbered and signed by Jan Chojecki. An important new Shackleton related title.

In 1921, a converted Norwegian sealer, Quest, carried the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton on what turned out to be his last expedition. How did this scheme come to be almost completely financed by John Quiller Rowett, the author?s grandfather, whose rum had supplied the Forces during WW1? Was this wise business on Rowett?s part, a generous gesture of friendship or well-intended philanthropy? Why did the book of the expedition, Shackleton?s Last Voyage published in 1923, name Shackleton?s trusty right-hand man, Frank Wild, as the author, when in fact it was written chiefly by the ship?...
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Antarctic Hazard

By: Cockrill Ross

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Frederick Muller Ltd : 1955

Seller ID: 52489

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 230pp, original green cloth, exlibrary, Good in Good only dw. Uncommon.

An exciting first-hand account of a modern Antarctic whaling expedition.
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Antarctic Hazard.

By: Cockrill Ross

Price: £19.00

Publisher: Frederick Muller Ltd : 1955

Seller ID: 73804

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 230pp, original green cloth, foxing to endpapers and foreedges, Good+ in Good price clipped rubbed dw with edgewear. Uncommon

An exciting first-hand account of a modern Antarctic whaling expedition.
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W.G. Collingwood's Letters from Iceland. Travels in Iceland 1897 by W.G. Collingwood and Jon Stefansson.

By: Collingwood W. G. & Lea Mike and Kate [editors]

Price: £28.00

Publisher: R.G. Collingwood Society : 2013

Seller ID: 72801

ISBN-13: 9780954674014

Binding: paperback

Condition: 149pp, 200 illusts, paperback, New.

Collingwood was an artist, author, antiquarian, and notable scholar of Norse history, literature and language. For 12 weeks in 1897, he sailed to Iceland and travelled by pony round the saga-sites of Iceland with his friend Jon Stefansson, an Icelandic scholar. He wrote long and entertaining letters home to his wife and children about their adventures and experiences while making some 300 sketches and watercolours. This lavishly illustrated book brings together Collingwood's letters, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and maps of 19th century Iceland.
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Treks In The Dolomites. Alte Vie 1 And 2.

By: Collins Martin & Price Gillian

Price: £29.00

Publisher: Cicerone Press : 2002

Seller ID: 69758

ISBN-13: 9781852843595

Binding: paperback

Condition: 133pp, softback, Fine

Alta Via 1 and 2 are the finest long-distgance trails through the Dolomites.
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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: £295.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1906

Seller ID: 61584

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 377pp, 11 illusts, 12 maps, original green cloth with gilt titling, private bookplate, corners slightly bumped, VG. An attractive copy of a very scarce title.

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: £140.00

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.

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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With Ski & Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers

By: Conway Sir Martin

Price: £340.00

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Co : 1898

Seller ID: 68707

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 240pp, 14 plates, folding map, original fawn cloth, t.e.g., professionally recased with new spine and original laid on, corners worn, some marks to boards, a one tenth section of the folding map missing, internally very clean, Good. A very scarce title i

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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With Ski & Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers

By: Conway Sir Martin

Price: £375.00

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Co : 1898

Seller ID: 59862

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 240pp, 14 plates, folding map, mint new brown cloth, t.e.g., original spine relaid and gilt motif relaid to front board, label removal mark to spine, two small ink stamps of Davos English Library, tear to folding map, exceptionally clean indeed, binding

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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The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. Being an Account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey, with Description of Several Mountain Ascents, of Boat Expeditions in Ice Fjord, of a Voyage to North-East-Land, the Seven Islands, down Hinloopen Strait, nearly to Wiches Land, and into most of the Fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main Island.

By: Conway Sir William Martin

Price: £280.00

Publisher: J.M. Dent & Co. : 1897

Seller ID: 66537

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 371pp, 8 coloured plates, 100 illusts, 2 folding maps, original green and cream cloth boards with bevelled edges, professionally recased with new spine and original laid on, t.e.g., very occasional foxing, very clean indeed, VG.

The author spent the summers of 1896 and 1897 exploring the interior of West Spitsbergen. They made 13 mountain ascents, produced a survey sketch of about 600 sq miles of central West Spitsbergen, almost completed a circumnavigation of the main island.
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The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. Being an Account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey, with Description of Several Mountain Ascents, of Boat Expeditions in Ice Fjord, of a Voyage to North-East-Land, the Seven Islands, down Hinloopen Strait, nearly to Wiches Land, and into most of the Fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main Island.

By: Conway Sir William Martin

Price: £29.00

Publisher: Biblio Life : 2009

Seller ID: 73328

ISBN-13: 9781117400174

Binding: paperback

Condition: xii, 371pp, paperback, private bookplate, VG. Print on demand copy but reproduction better than most and includes many illustrations.

The author spent the summers of 1896 and 1897 exploring the interior of West Spitsbergen. They made 13 mountain ascents, produced a survey sketch of about 600 sq miles of central West Spitsbergen, almost completed a circumnavigation of the main island.
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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 William Martin

Price: £11.00

Publisher: General Books : 2015

Seller ID: 73329

ISBN-13: 9781152221772

Binding: paperback

Condition: 256pp, paperback, private bookplate. Fine. A Print on Demand edition with the inherent typos and errors, and without illustrations.

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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Whales

By: Cousteau Jacques- Yves and Paccalet Yves

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc. : 1988

Seller ID: 41389

ISBN-13: 9780810910461

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 280pp, exlibrary, Good+ in Fair dw.

Tristan Da Cunha and the Roaring Forties

By: Crawford Allan

Price: £55.00

Publisher: Charles Skilton Ltd : 1982

Seller ID: 73137

ISBN-13: 9780284985897

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 256pp, Fine in VG+ dw. A lovely copy.

The Author has been associated with Tristan for many years and in many capacities and founder of the smallest army in the world.
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The North West Passage Prints. A Series Of Eight Sketches In Colour

By: Cresswell Lieut. S. Gurney

Price: £140.00

Publisher: The Arctic Press : 1998

Seller ID: 33249

Binding: paperback

Condition: New

High quality reprints. Limited copies. Size 450 x 640mm. Extra postage due to size.
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The North West Passage Prints. A Series Of Eight Sketches In Colour

By: Cresswell Lieut. S. Gurney

Price: £140.00

Publisher: The Arctic Press : 1998

Seller ID: 33256

Binding: paperback

Condition: New

High quality reprints. Limited copies. Size 450 x 640mm. Extra postage due to size.
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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: 71822

ISBN-13: 9781852970475

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 203pp, hardback, map endpapers, New in dustwrapper.

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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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: 71823

ISBN-13: 9781852970475

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 203pp, hardback, map endpapers, New in dustwrapper.

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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Northabout. Sailing the North West and North East Passages

By: Cunnane Jarlath

Price: £68.00

Publisher: Collins Press : 2007

Seller ID: 71987

ISBN-13: 9781905172238

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 238pp, VG+ in VG+ dw.

Eight Irishmen and their 47-foot aluminium boat Northabout sail the North West Passage in 2001 and also the North East Pasage in 2004/5.
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Sir John Franklin's Last Arctic Expedition. The Franklin Expedition. A Chapter in the History of the Royal Navy.

By: Cyriax Richard J.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Arctic Press : 2021

Seller ID: 72269

ISBN-13: 9780952739418

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xviii, 222pp, 4 maps 3 folding, hardback, black cloth with gilt titling, New, supplied in a simple plain white dustwrapper. Facsimile reprint of the 1939 First Edition. A limited Edition of 250 copies each individually numbered.

A comprehensive account of Franklin's expedition compiled from published and unpublished sources at the time. Richard Julius Cyriax, 1885-1967, was born in Canonbury and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians with the department of Public Health in 1917. He was interested from an early age in the ill-fated British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848, and became a leading authority on the subject. His book concentrates on the events of the expedition itself and not the subsequent searches that were undertaken. A scarce well r...
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Sir John Franklin's Last Arctic Expedition. The Franklin Expedition. A Chapter in the History of the Royal Navy.

By: Cyriax Richard J.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Arctic Press : 2021

Seller ID: 72270

ISBN-13: 9780952739418

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xviii, 222pp, 4 maps 3 folding, hardback, black cloth with gilt titling, New, supplied in a simple plain white dustwrapper. Facsimile reprint of the 1939 First Edition. A limited Edition of 250 copies each individually numbered.

A comprehensive account of Franklin's expedition compiled from published and unpublished sources at the time. Richard Julius Cyriax, 1885-1967, was born in Canonbury and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians with the department of Public Health in 1917. He was interested from an early age in the ill-fated British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848, and became a leading authority on the subject. His book concentrates on the events of the expedition itself and not the subsequent searches that were undertaken. A scarce well r...
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Sir John Franklin's Last Arctic Expedition. The Franklin Expedition. A Chapter in the History of the Royal Navy.

By: Cyriax Richard J.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Arctic Press : 2021

Seller ID: 72272

ISBN-13: 9780952739418

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xviii, 222pp, 4 maps 3 folding, hardback, black cloth with gilt titling, New, supplied in a simple plain white dustwrapper. Facsimile reprint of the 1939 First Edition. A limited Edition of 250 copies each individually numbered.

A comprehensive account of Franklin's expedition compiled from published and unpublished sources at the time. Richard Julius Cyriax, 1885-1967, was born in Canonbury and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians with the department of Public Health in 1917. He was interested from an early age in the ill-fated British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848, and became a leading authority on the subject. His book concentrates on the events of the expedition itself and not the subsequent searches that were undertaken. A scarce well r...
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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: £15.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 2012

Seller ID: 66632

ISBN-13: 9781108049900

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: £29.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press : 2009

Seller ID: 68938

ISBN-13: 9781852971014

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 360pp, hardback, New in 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: £29.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press : 2009

Seller ID: 68942

ISBN-13: 9781852971014

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 360pp, hardback, New in 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: £29.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press : 2009

Seller ID: 68943

ISBN-13: 9781852971014

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 360pp, hardback, New in 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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Big Game In Antarctica

By: Dautert Erich

Price: £105.00

Publisher: Arrowsmith : 1937

Seller ID: 56106

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 254pp, original blue cloth, new endpapers, the margin on three pages has been trimmed, VG- in colour photocopy of original dw.

Hunting in Antarctica, illustrated with black and white photographs.
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With Scott Before The Mast

By: Davies, Francis

Price: £34.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing : 2020

Seller ID: 74437

ISBN-13: 9781901037555

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 152pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper, signed by Nicholas Reardon, the book designer and publisher.

These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 ? 1913. Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, kept safe by his descendants for over 100 years. It is a unique below decks prospective as most records of the expedition are the accounts of officers. Before the mast means 'to serve as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship'. This makes it a rare and hugely important account, presenting a viewpoint from the lower ranks.
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With Scott Before The Mast

By: Davies, Francis

Price: £34.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing : 2020

Seller ID: 74438

ISBN-13: 9781901037555

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 152pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper, signed by Nicholas Reardon, the book designer and publisher.

These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 ? 1913. Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, kept safe by his descendants for over 100 years. It is a unique below decks prospective as most records of the expedition are the accounts of officers. Before the mast means 'to serve as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship'. This makes it a rare and hugely important account, presenting a viewpoint from the lower ranks.
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With Scott Before The Mast

By: Davies, Francis

Price: £34.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing : 2020

Seller ID: 74439

ISBN-13: 9781901037555

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 152pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper, signed by Nicholas Reardon, the book designer and publisher.

These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 ? 1913. Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, kept safe by his descendants for over 100 years. It is a unique below decks prospective as most records of the expedition are the accounts of officers. Before the mast means 'to serve as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship'. This makes it a rare and hugely important account, presenting a viewpoint from the lower ranks.
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With Scott Before The Mast

By: Davies, Francis

Price: £175.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing : 2020

Seller ID: 74440

ISBN-13: 9781901037692

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 152pp, hardback, full black leather with gilt embossing, New in slipcase. One of only 160 copies, numbered and signed by editor, Joy Watts, and book designer and publisher, Nicholas Reardon. Beautifully produced. Please ask if you would like jpegs.

These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 ? 1913. Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, kept safe by his descendants for over 100 years. It is a unique below decks prospective as most records of the expedition are the accounts of officers. Before the mast means 'to serve as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship'. This makes it a rare and hugely important account, presenting a viewpoint from the lower ranks.
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With Scott Before The Mast

By: Davies, Francis

Price: £175.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing : 2020

Seller ID: 74441

ISBN-13: 9781901037692

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 152pp, hardback, full black leather with gilt embossing, New in slipcase. One of only 160 copies, numbered and signed by editor, Joy Watts, and book designer and publisher, Nicholas Reardon. Beautifully produced. Please ask if you would like jpegs.

These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 ? 1913. Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, kept safe by his descendants for over 100 years. It is a unique below decks prospective as most records of the expedition are the accounts of officers. Before the mast means 'to serve as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship'. This makes it a rare and hugely important account, presenting a viewpoint from the lower ranks.
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With The "Aurora" In The Antarctic 1911-1914.

By: Davis John King

Price: £29.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press : 2007

Seller ID: 72427

ISBN-13: 9781852970960

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 183pp, decorative boards, hardback, small bump to top corners, near Fine. 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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