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Arctic Chase. A History Of Whaling In Canada's North.

By: Francis Daniel

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Tops'l Books: 1984

Seller ID: 57659

ISBN: 090639712X

Binding: paperback

Condition: 117pp, card covers, small mark on rear endpaper, VG

The book is a wonderful history of an era, of people, and of whales.
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With Scott Before The Mast

By: Francis Davies

Price: £36.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing: 2020

Seller ID: 71275

ISBN: 190103755X

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 decadences 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: Francis Davies

Price: £36.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing: 2020

Seller ID: 71276

ISBN: 190103755X

Binding: hardcover

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

With Scott Before The Mast

By: Francis Davies

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing: 2020

Seller ID: 71368

ISBN: 190103755X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 152pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

With Scott Before The Mast

By: Francis Davies

Price: £200.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing: 2020

Seller ID: 71527

ISBN: 190103769X

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.

The Arctic Year

By: Freuchen Peter & Salomonsen Finn

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape: 1959

Seller ID: 57576

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 440pp, map endpapers, exlibrary, original pictorial boards, sellotape residue marks to boards, Good in VG dw with no markings.

An impression of how man, beasts and plants exist under arctic conditions throughout the year.
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Axel Heiberg Island Research Reports. Jacobsen-McGill Arctic Research Expedition 1959-1962. Geology, No.1. Geology of the Expedition Area, Western Central Axel Heiberg Island

By: Fricker P. E.

Price: £24.00

Publisher: McGill University Montreal: 1963

Seller ID: 71139

Binding: hardcover

Condition: x, 156pp, 3 folding maps, blue cloth, exlibrary, Good+.

The Crossing Of Antarctica

By: Fuchs Sir Vivian & Hillary Sir Edmund

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Cassell & Co: 1958

Seller ID: 62409

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 338pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, inscr, bump to bottom corner of front board, some foxing to spine, Good in Good+ dw

A detailed account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1955-1958.
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The Crossing Of Antarctica

By: Fuchs Sir Vivian & Hillary Sir Edmund

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Cassell & Co: 1958

Seller ID: 52055

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 338pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, foxing to foreedges and head of pages, Good+ in VG price clipped dw

A detailed account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1955-1958.
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The Crossing Of Antarctica

By: Fuchs Sir Vivian & Hillary Sir Edmund

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Cassell & Co: 1958

Seller ID: 57620

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 338pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, light foxing to foreedges, inscr, map endpapers, VG+ in VG+ dw

A detailed account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1955-1958.
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The Crossing Of Antarctica

By: Fuchs Sir Vivian & Hillary Sir Edmund

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Cassell & Co: 1958

Seller ID: 66702

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 338pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, slight foxing to foreedges and head of pages, very small owner's signature, VG in VG price clipped dw, signed by George Lowe who was the photographer on the expedition.

A detailed account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1955-1958.
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The Crossing Of Antarctica

By: Fuchs Sir Vivian & Hillary Sir Edmund

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Cassell & Co: 1958

Seller ID: 40819

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 338pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, VG- in Good+ dw.

A detailed account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1955-1958.
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The Crossing Of Antarctica

By: Fuchs Sir Vivian & Hillary Sir Edmund

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Cassell & Co: 1958

Seller ID: 41178

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 338pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, minor damp mark to top corners, VG- in Good+ dw

A detailed account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1955-1958.
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The Crossing Of Antarctica

By: Fuchs Sir Vivian & Hillary Sir Edmund

Price: £48.00

Publisher: Cassell & Co: 1958

Seller ID: 36937

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 338pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, very small blemish to front board, light foreedge foxing, VG in VG+ dw, official label on dedication page signed by Sir Vivian Fuchs.

A detailed account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1955-1958.
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The Crossing Of Antarctica

By: Fuchs Sir Vivian & Hillary Sir Edmund

Price: £48.00

Publisher: Cassell & Co: 1958

Seller ID: 52663

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 338pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, VG in VG dw, official label on dedication page signed by Sir Vivian Fuchs.

A detailed account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1955-1958.
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Elephant Island. An Antarctic Expedition.

By: Furse Chris

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Anthony Nelson: 1979

Seller ID: 69564

ISBN: 0904614026

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 256pp, VG+ in VG price clipped dw

Account of a sixteen man expedition to Elephant Island between 1973-75, the first exploration of the island since Shackleton's 1916 landing.
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Elephant Island. An Antarctic Expedition.

By: Furse Chris

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Anthony Nelson: 1979

Seller ID: 57609

ISBN: 0904614026

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 256pp, VG in VG price clipped dw

Account of a sixteen man expedition to Elephant Island between 1973-75, the first exploration of the island since Shackleton's 1916 landing.
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The White Desert. The Official Account of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition.

By: Giaever John

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1954

Seller ID: 44547

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 304pp, 33 illusts, 10 maps, original blue cloth, boards rubbed, heavy wear to extremities, repairs to spine cloth, internally clean, Fair

1949-52 they established a base at Maudheim on Quarisen, Dronning Maud Land. A comprehensive programme of meteorological, geophysical, seismic and glaciological studies and surveys was undertaken. Sledge journeys established an advance base camp 300km inland and an extensive air photography programme was completed along the coast of Dronning Maud Land.
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Mountaineering In Antarctica. Climbing In The Frozen South

By: Gildea Damien

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Editions Nevicata: 2010

Seller ID: 68279

ISBN: 2875230069

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, 200 colour photographs, 12 maps, New hardback in dustwrapper.

This superbly illustrated book is the first to introduce the reader - climbers and non-climbers alike - to the numerous mountain ranges, summits and remote inland regions of the Antarctic. The publication focuses on the mountains of Antarctica and will appeal to a wider public than strictly climbers by including numerous descriptions of the mountain ranges geography and glaciology; exploration and travel history; profiles of adventurers; climbers and sailors; many anecdotes; practical information, etc. It also contains unique practical information intended for all who plan an expedition in the...
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Mountaineering In Antarctica. Climbing In The Frozen South

By: Gildea Damien

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Editions Nevicata: 2010

Seller ID: 68276

ISBN: 2875230069

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, 200 colour photographs, 12 maps, New hardback in dustwrapper.

Mountaineering In Antarctica. Climbing In The Frozen South

By: Gildea Damien

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Editions Nevicata: 2010

Seller ID: 68271

ISBN: 2875230069

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, 200 colour photographs, 12 maps, New hardback in dustwrapper.

Under The Pole Star. The Oxford University Arctic Expedition, 1935-6.

By: Glen A.R. & Croft N.A.C.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Metheun Publishers: 1937

Seller ID: 55273

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 365pp, 48 plates, 22 maps, original blue cloth, spine cloth speckled and faded, owner's signature, foxing to endpapers, very clean internally, Good+ in colour photocopy of original dw.

Narrative of an expedition of ten members under A. R. Glen to North-East Land, Svalbard, to investigate weather conditions on inland ice, also problems connected with the age, thickness and physical condition of the icecap.
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Arctic Trader

By: Godsell Philip H.

Price: £14.00

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's: 1934

Seller ID: 1490

Binding: hardcover

Condition: light foreedge foxing, VG

The Seventh Continent

By: Goodall Daphne Machin

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Priory Press: 1969

Seller ID: 32944

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 74pp, VG in VG dw.

A woman's journey to Antarctica.
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Scotland & The Antarctic

By: Goodlad James A

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Royal Scottish Geographical Society: 2003

Seller ID: 61736

ISBN: 0904049043

Binding: paperback

Condition: 118pp, paperback, ring binder, near Fine, signed by James Goodlad. A scarce item.

Produced to celebrate the achievements of the Scottish oceanographer and polar explorer William Speirs Bruce and to mark the centenary of the voyage of S.Y. Scotia, the research ship of Bruce's Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-04.
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Scotland & The Antarctic

By: Goodlad James A

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Royal Scottish Geographical Society: 2003

Seller ID: 63483

ISBN: 0904049043

Binding: paperback

Condition: 118pp, paperback, ring binder, VG+, signed by James Goodlad. A scarce item.

Scotland & The Antarctic

By: Goodlad James A.

Price: £62.00

Publisher: Royal Scottish Geographical Society: 2003

Seller ID: 63501

ISBN: 0904049043

Binding: paperback

Condition: 118pp, paperback, ring binder, near Fine. A scarce item.

Adolphus Washington Greeley. Autograph Letter Signed.

By: Greeley Adolphus Washington

Price: £130.00

Publisher: 1893

Seller ID: 56248

Binding: paperback

Condition: 4pp, just one side has manuscript, letter dated 1893, 'Washington DC Apr, 13, 1893. Dear Sir, My mother was a Cobb, a daughter of Samuel, and G.D. of Andrew of Gorham, Me. Are you of the Maine branch or do you know anything of that branch? Yours truly A. W. Greely. Mr John N. Cobb'. VG condition.

Adolphus Washington Greely, 1844-1935, a United States Army Officer and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, and famous Arctic explorer.
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The Polar Regions In The Twentieth Century

By: Greely A. W.

Price: £17.00

Publisher: George G. Harrap: 1929

Seller ID: 2350

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 216pp, boards G+, a few light marks to boards, one plate resecured another tender, internally very clean

Comprehensive survey of polar exploration.
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Water, Ice And Stone. Science And Memory On The Antarctic Lakes.

By: Green Bill

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press: 2008

Seller ID: 64009

ISBN: 1934137081

Binding: paperback

Condition: 271pp, paperback, VG+ copy

The Author has been conducting research in Antarctica since 1968.
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Exploring Greenland. Twenty years of adventure mountaineering in the great Arctic wilderness.

By: Gregson Jim

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing: 2012

Seller ID: 65402

ISBN: 1906148090

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 146pp, pictorial boards, New. signed by Jim Gregson.

Superbly illustrated.
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Exploring Greenland. Twenty years of adventure mountaineering in the great Arctic wilderness.

By: Gregson Jim

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing: 2012

Seller ID: 65403

ISBN: 1906148090

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 146pp, pictorial boards, New. signed by Jim Gregson.

Superbly illustrated.
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Exploring Greenland. Twenty years of adventure mountaineering in the great Arctic wilderness.

By: Gregson Jim

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing: 2012

Seller ID: 65408

ISBN: 1906148090

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 146pp, pictorial boards, New. signed by Jim Gregson.

Superbly illustrated.
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We Followed Peary To The Pole

By: Grosvenor G & McKnew T.W.

Price: £14.00

Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1953

Seller ID: 45073

Binding: paperback

Condition: 469-484pp, extract from the National Geographic Magazine October 1953 in green card covers, VG+

Earth In Action. The Geology Of Iceland.

By: Gumundsson Ari Trausti & Kjartansson Halldor

Price: £85.00

Publisher: Vaka - Helgafell: 1996

Seller ID: 58349

ISBN: 9979203463

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 166pp, pictorial boards, Fine copy

The book holds the answers to most questions asked concerning the geology of Iceland.
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Icebound. The Jeannette Expedition's Quest for the North Pole

By: Guttridge Leonard F.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Airlife Publishing: 1988

Seller ID: 52488

ISBN: 1853100064

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 357pp, map endpapers, VG- in VG dw

Leonard Guttridge's skilful recreation of the Jeannett's drama allows us to finally appreciate the gallant struggles of these men who paved the way for Robert Peary's successful quest for the pole in 1909.
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Icebound. The Jeannette Expedition's Quest for the North Pole

By: Guttridge Leonard F.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Airlife Publishing: 1988

Seller ID: 53132

ISBN: 1853100064

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 357pp, map endpapers, Fine in Fine dw

Icebound. The Jeannette Expedition's Quest for the North Pole

By: Guttridge Leonard F.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Airlife Publishing: 1988

Seller ID: 51662

ISBN: 1853100064

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 357pp, map endpapers, Fine in Fine dw

Captain Scott

By: Gwynn Stephen

Price: £8.00

Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd: 1929

Seller ID: 52819

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 248pp, original decorative boards, light wear to extremities, foxing to endpapers, light foxing to foreedges, VG.

An account of Scott's whole life and adventures.
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Bear Island. The story of an isolated arctic island - exploration, people, culture and nature.

By: Hagenaes-Kjelldahl Dag

Price: £35.00

Publisher: IK Foundation & Co Ltd: 2006

Seller ID: 71028

ISBN: 1904145094

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 414pp, hardback, Fine in VG dustwrapper with minor marks and crease on the rear of dw.

A personal account.
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The Sea And The Ice. A Naturalist In Antarctica

By: Halle Louis J.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Michael Joseph: 1974

Seller ID: 62349

ISBN: 0718112415

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 286pp, map endpapers, VG in VG price clipped dw

This is a naturalist's book, enhanced by the author's knowledge of the history, geography, and exploration of the area.
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A Flora of the East Greenland Central Fjord Region 70N - 77N

By: Halliday Geoffrey & Corner R. W. N.

Price: £36.00

Publisher: Trollius Publications: 2019

Seller ID: 68796

ISBN: 0953971872

Binding: paperback

Condition: 280pp, 106 colour plates, 7 colour figures, 3 b&w figures, 245 b&w distribution maps, 5 watercolour sketches, 1 b&w photo, large paperback, New, signed by Geoffrey Halliday.

This fjord region occupies the middle third of Greenlands east coast. It extends for nearly 500 miles from north to south and from 100 miles east to west, from the inland ice to the outer coast. With its rich flora, by arctic standards, its superb mountain scenery and benign summer climate it is a popular destination for arctic botanists, climbers and general lovers of the Arctic. The book includes distribution maps of 245 species based on 170 visits by expeditions and individuals since William Scoresby in 1822. The main part of the book is the accounts of individual species, which include inf...
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Voyages Of A Modern Viking

By: Hanssen Helmer

Price: £360.00

Publisher: George Routledge: 1936

Seller ID: 71218

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xiii, 216pp, original blue cloth boards, owner's inscription, light wear to extremities, cloth to rear of spine wearing thin, light foxing confined to a few pages, VG in colour photocopy of original dw. A scarce title.

This includes the only first hand account of Amundsen's South Pole Journey apart from Amundsen's. Hanssen was one of Amundsen's men in the Gjoa on the North West Passage Expedition, and was one of the five men who stood first at the South Pole in 1911. He captained the Maud which made a successful trip through the North East Passage.
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Voyages Of A Modern Viking

By: Hanssen Helmer

Price: £360.00

Publisher: George Routledge: 1936

Seller ID: 71210

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xiii, 216pp, original blue cloth boards, owner's signature, light foxing to foreedges, moderate foxing to prelims and light occasional foxing elsewhere, light wear to extremities, VG in colour photocopy of original dw. A scarce title.

The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe.

By: Hartwig Dr. G.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green And Co: 1892

Seller ID: 57358

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xviii, 523pp, + Map, original highly decorative boards, t.e.g., owner's ink stamp and signature, wear to head of spine, VG. A tight attractive copy.

British Antarctic Survey. Scientific Reports No.101. The History Of Place- Names in the Falkland Islands Dependencies (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

By: Hattersley-Smith G.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: British Antarctic Survey: 1980

Seller ID: 70011

ISBN: 0856650609

Binding: paperback

Condition: 112pp, paperback, maps in rear folder, VG+.

Scientific Reports No.101
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The Conquest Of The South Pole. Antarctic Exploration 1906-1931

By: Hayes J. Gordon

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Thornton Butterworth: 1932

Seller ID: 44540

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 318pp, original green cloth, spine faded with wear, private bookplate, 2 plates lacking, Good.

Written with the benefit of conversations with surviving expedition members and the approval of all living leaders of expeditions and by the comrades and relatives of the dead. Hayes approached H. R. Mill to make the publication a joint effort but Mill declined as his opinion on the competence of certain explorers differed from Hayess. Mill did however encourage Hayes to continue and provided the Introduction to the book.
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