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Price: £29.00
Publisher: The Erskine Press / Bluntisham Books: 1998
Edition: 1998 First Edition
Seller ID: 65196
Count Adrien de Gerlache was leader of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition. View more info
By: De Roy Tui, Jones Mark, Cornthwaite Julie
Price: £26.00
Publisher: Christopher Helm: 2013
Edition: 2013 First Edition
Seller ID: 66792
This is a fantastic book, wonderful photographs, and huge detail on every aspect of penguin life. If you appreciated the earlier book, Albatross, Their World, Their Ways, by the same author you know this book will not disappoint. Put simply the imagery is stunning. View more info
By: Debenham Frank
Price: £24.00
Publisher: John Murray: 1964
Edition: 1964 rep
Seller ID: 56898
Debenham portrays the lighter side of the expedition with sketches by Edward Wilson. View more info
By: Debenham Frank
Price: £12.00
Publisher: The Erskine Press: 1997
Edition: 1997 First Edition
Seller ID: 63452
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. View more info
By: Debenham Frank
Price: £15.00
Publisher: The Erskine Press: 1998
Edition: 1998 reprint
Seller ID: 63445
Frank Debenham was a member of the scientific staff on Scott’s 1910 expedition. He conceived the idea for a Polar Institute whilst sitting in Shackleton’s hut at Cape Royds and after the death of the polar party he campaigned for a living memorial to Scott. On 26th November 1920 the Scott Polar Research Institute came into being and Frank Debenham was its first director. When he returned from the Antarctic in 1913 he resolved not to publish any reminiscences but at t... View more info
By: Debenham Frank
Price: £12.00
Publisher: The Erskine Press: 1997
Edition: 1997 First Edition
Seller ID: 63451
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. View more info
Price: £29.00
Publisher: Plon: 1990
Edition: 1990 French Edition
Seller ID: 33878
By: Doorly Gerald S.
Price: £1,000.00
Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co.: 1916
Edition: 1916 First Edition
Seller ID: 63112
Doorly was Third Officer on Scott’s 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 didn’t 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 discov... View more info
By: Doorly Gerald S.
Price: £1,100.00
Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co.: 1916
Edition: 1916 First Edition
Seller ID: 63260
Doorly was Third Officer on Scott’s 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 didn’t 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 discov... View more info
By: Doorly Gerald S.
Price: £75.00
Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1995
Edition: 1995 reprint
Seller ID: 65285
Doorly was Third Officer on Scott’s 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 didn’t 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 discov... View more info
By: Doorly Gerald S.
Price: £75.00
Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1995
Edition: 1995 reprint
Seller ID: 67063
Doorly was Third Officer on Scott’s 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 didn’t 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 discov... View more info
By: Doran Peter T., Lyons W. Berry and McKnight Diane M. [editors]
Price: £29.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 2010
Edition: 2010 First Edition
Seller ID: 63367
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 de... View more info
Price: £13.00
Publisher: The British Library: 2012
Edition: 2012 First Edition
Seller ID: 64022
In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the "first real outstanding adventure" of his life. View more info
Price: £14.00
Publisher: The British Library: 2012
Edition: 2012 First Edition
Seller ID: 65623
In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the "first real outstanding adventure" of his life. View more info
By: Drought Charles
Price: £14.00
Publisher: Countryvise Limited: 2003
Edition: 2003 First Edition
Seller ID: 62602
Price: £180.00
Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 1989
Edition: 1989 First Edition
Seller ID: 66652
Translated by M. M. Raraty. View more info
Price: £32.00
Publisher: Atuakkiorfik: 1991
Edition: 1991 First Edition
Seller ID: 58303
Text in three languages (includes english) View more info
By: Egmond Florike & Mason Peter [Editors]
Price: £12.00
Publisher: Reaktion Books: 2003
Edition: 2003 First Edition
Seller ID: 64174
By: Elias E.L.
Price: £65.00
Publisher: George G. Harrap: 1930
Edition: 1930 reprint
Seller ID: 62686
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co: 1938
Edition: 1938 First Edition US
Seller ID: 59644
On the basis of his reading and research Ellsberg describes the drift, the party’s 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. View more info
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co: 1938
Edition: 1938 First Edition US
Seller ID: 64653
On the basis of his reading and research Ellsberg describes the drift, the party’s 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. View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Doubleday & Co: 1972
Edition: 1972 First US Edition
Seller ID: 58300
By: Escher Arthur & Watt W. Stuart [editors]
Price: £59.00
Publisher: The Geological Survey of Greenland: 1976
Edition: 1976 First Edition
Seller ID: 65400
A most in depth and comprehensive account of all aspects of Greenland's geology. Greenland is noted for its extensive areas of Pre-cambrian rocks which include the oldest dated rocks in the world. It occupies a key position in the North Atlantic region, the geological divisions and faunal provinces represented providing important links between North America and Europe in all geological periods from the Precambrian to the Recent. View more info
By: Euller John
Price: £7.00
Publisher: Abelard-Schuman: 1960
Edition: 1960 First US Edition
Seller ID: 64055
Antarctic World is a book clinging to a single fascinating theme: Antarctic problems, man's struggles and successes in solving them. View more info
Price: £3.00
Publisher: Collins: 1966
Edition: 1966 Rep
Seller ID: 31080
In 1909, Edward (Teddy) Evans, a Senior Royal Naval officer, accompanied Captain Robert Scott on his Polar expedition as his second in command. View more info
Price: £7.00
Publisher: Floris Books: 1999
Edition: 1999 rep
Seller ID: 53305
Beautifully illustrated, the book gives a comprehensive understanding of a mysterious dynamic that has fascinated and alarmed northern communities throughout the ages. View more info
By: Fiennes Ranulph
Price: £4.00
Publisher: Book Club Associates: 1983
Edition: 1983 reprint
Seller ID: 42036
The Transglobe expedition, the first circumpolar journey round the earth. View more info
By: Fiennes Ranulph
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: 1984
Edition: 1984 reprint
Seller ID: 63099
By: Fiennes Ranulph
Price: £11.00
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: 2003
Edition: 2003 First Edition
Seller ID: 62097
For the first time Scott's story is told by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress and the sheer physical pain that Scott lived through. View more info
By: Fiennes Ranulph
Price: £11.00
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: 2003
Edition: 2003 First Edition
Seller ID: 67251
For the first time Scott's story is told by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress and the sheer physical pain that Scott lived through. View more info
Price: £65.00
Publisher: 1998
Edition: 1998 First Edition
Seller ID: 56903
A scarce report. View more info
By: Filchner Wilhelm
Price: £120.00
Publisher: Bluntisham Books / The Erskine Press: 1994
Edition: 1994 First Edition
Seller ID: 63905
Written by Wilhelm Filchner with the collaboration of expedition members Alfred King and Eric Przybyllok. Translated by William Barr, the First Edition in English. View more info
By: Filchner Wilhelm
Price: £110.00
Publisher: Bluntisham Books / The Erskine Press: 1994
Edition: 1994 First Edition
Seller ID: 66682
Written by Wilhelm Filchner with the collaboration of expedition members Alfred King and Eric Przybyllok. Translated by William Barr, the First Edition in English. View more info
By: Finkel George
Price: £9.00
Publisher: HermannSchaffstein: 1977
Edition: 1977 First Edition
Seller ID: 64014
Text in German. View more info
By: Fiske Willard
Price: £69.00
Publisher: Ithaca, New York: 1907
Edition: 1907 First Edition
Seller ID: 59487
I have credited this item to Willard Fiske as he authored the previous Bibliographical Notices, although he died in 1904. View more info
Price: £8.00
Publisher: BCA: 1995
Edition: 1995 reprint
Seller ID: 64019
A blend of science and mythology, When The Sky Fell bridges the gap between fact and fantasy and will fascinate the most hardened cynic. With 34 maps and illustrations. View more info
Price: £7.00
Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts: 1956
Edition: 1956 First US Edition
Seller ID: 62368
The Autobiography of Archibald Fleming, first Bishop of the Arctic. View more info
By: Fleming Fergus
Price: £4.00
Publisher: Granta Books: 2001
Edition: 2001 First Edition, First Printing
Seller ID: 44448
Drawing on unpublished archives and forgotten journals, Fleming tells the story of the North Pole with consummate craftmanship and wit. View more info
By: Fleming Fergus
Price: £4.00
Publisher: Granta Books: 2001
Edition: 2001 First Edition, First Printing
Seller ID: 64016
Drawing on unpublished archives and forgotten journals, Fleming tells the story of the North Pole with consummate craftmanship and wit. View more info
By: Fletcher, Joseph
Price: £14.00
Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1956
Edition: 1956
Seller ID: 45063
Floating on a Glacial Fragment, U.S. Air Force Scientists Probe Top-of-the-World Mysteries within 100 Miles of the Pole. View more info
By: Fletcher, Joseph
Price: £14.00
Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1956
Edition: 1956
Seller ID: 45062
Floating on a Glacial Fragment, U.S. Air Force Scientists Probe Top-of-the-World Mysteries within 100 Miles of the Pole. View more info
Price: £3.00
Publisher: Cassell: 1990
Edition: 1990 reprint
Seller ID: 67342
It is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue forever exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord - The Antarctic Treaty. View more info
By: Foley Tim
Price: £15.99
Publisher: Keel Foley Publishing: 2018
Edition: 2018 First Edition
Seller ID: 66978
Tom Crean's life saving exploits in Antarctica saw him awarded the prestigious Albert Medal for bravery. From his humble beginnings, incredible feats of bravery, this book takes us on a thrilling journey. It also highlights a campaign with the aim of achieving national recognition for Tom from his country of birth. View more info
By: Foley Tim
Price: £15.99
Publisher: Keel Foley Publishing: 2018
Edition: 2018 First Edition
Seller ID: 66979
Tom Crean's life saving exploits in Antarctica saw him awarded the prestigious Albert Medal for bravery. From his humble beginnings, incredible feats of bravery, this book takes us on a thrilling journey. It also highlights a campaign with the aim of achieving national recognition for Tom from his country of birth. View more info
Price: £125.00
Publisher: John Murray: 1860
Edition: 1860 First Edition
Seller ID: 68006
By: Ford C. Reginald
Price: £34.00
Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2015
Edition: 2015 reprint
Seller ID: 65237
This is probably the rarest of all first-hand accounts of Scott’s Discovery Expedition. Ford was a steward on the expedition and is notable mainly for being the first man to break his leg skiing in the Antarctic. Upon the Expedition's return Ford acted as Scott's secretary during the leader's lecture tour. Some of his photographs were used by Scott in The Voyages of the 'Discovery'. He moved to New Zealand in 1906 and began to study architecture and later became a part... View more info
By: Ford C. Reginald
Price: £34.00
Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2015
Edition: 2015 reprint
Seller ID: 65241
This is probably the rarest of all first-hand accounts of Scott’s Discovery Expedition. Ford was a steward on the expedition and is notable mainly for being the first man to break his leg skiing in the Antarctic. Upon the Expedition's return Ford acted as Scott's secretary during the leader's lecture tour. Some of his photographs were used by Scott in The Voyages of the 'Discovery'. He moved to New Zealand in 1906 and began to study architecture and later became a part... View more info
By: Ford C. Reginald
Price: £34.00
Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2015
Edition: 2015 reprint
Seller ID: 65242
This is probably the rarest of all first-hand accounts of Scott’s Discovery Expedition. Ford was a steward on the expedition and is notable mainly for being the first man to break his leg skiing in the Antarctic. Upon the Expedition's return Ford acted as Scott's secretary during the leader's lecture tour. Some of his photographs were used by Scott in The Voyages of the 'Discovery'. He moved to New Zealand in 1906 and began to study architecture and later became a part... View more info
Price: £8.00
Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2016
Edition: 2016
Seller ID: 63604
A coloured reproduction of 4pp, 29x22cm, advertisement for the graphic lecture 'Farthest South' presented by Ford in Australia and promoted by J.C. Williamson. View more info
By: Ford, John K. B. Ellis Graeme M. & Balcomb Kenneth C.
Price: £12.00
Publisher: UBC Press: 1994
Edition: 1994 Edition
Seller ID: 64173
