Category: Polar

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.
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Bibliographical Notices VI. Books printed In Iceland 1578-1844. A Fourth Supplement to The British Museum Catalogue with a General Index to the Four Supplements

By: Fiske Willard

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Ithaca, New York: 1907

Seller ID: 59487

Condition: 48pp, stapled booklet, a little tender and loosening, some staining to front, Good. A scarce item.

I have credited this item to Willard Fiske as he authored the previous Bibliographical Notices, although he died in 1904.
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A Short History of Greenland

By: Fleischer Jorgen

Price: £29.00

Publisher: Aschehoug Dansk Forlag: 2003

Seller ID: 68869

ISBN: 8711162740

Condition: 70pp, pictorial hardback, Fine.

A Short History of Greenland

By: Fleischer Jorgen

Price: £29.00

Publisher: Aschehoug Dansk Forlag: 2003

Seller ID: 68876

ISBN: 8711162740

Condition: 70pp, pictorial hardback, Fine.

Archibald The Arctic

By: Fleming Archibald Lang

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts: 1956

Seller ID: 62368

Condition: 399pp, map endpapers, VG+ in VG- price clipped dw

The Autobiography of Archibald Fleming, first Bishop of the Arctic.
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Ninety Degrees North. The Quest For The North Pole

By: Fleming Fergus

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Granta Books: 2001

Seller ID: 44448

ISBN: 1862074496

Condition: 470pp, Fine in Fine dw.

Drawing on unpublished archives and forgotten journals, Fleming tells the story of the North Pole with consummate craftmanship and wit.
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Ninety Degrees North. The Quest For The North Pole

By: Fleming Fergus

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Granta Books: 2001

Seller ID: 64016

ISBN: 1862074496

Condition: 470pp, VG+ in VG+ dw.

Drawing on unpublished archives and forgotten journals, Fleming tells the story of the North Pole with consummate craftmanship and wit.
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Three Months On An Arctic Ice Island

By: Fletcher, Joseph

Price: £12.00

Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1956

Seller ID: 45063

Condition: 489 504pp, extract from the National Geographic Magazine April 1953, in green card cover, VG+

Floating on a Glacial Fragment, U.S. Air Force Scientists Probe Top-of-the-World Mysteries within 100 Miles of the Pole.
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Three Months On An Arctic Ice Island

By: Fletcher, Joseph

Price: £12.00

Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1956

Seller ID: 45062

Condition: 489 504pp, extract from the National Geographic Magazine April 1953, in green card cover, VG+

Floating on a Glacial Fragment, U.S. Air Force Scientists Probe Top-of-the-World Mysteries within 100 Miles of the Pole.
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The Explorations of Antarctica. The Last Unspoilt Continent.

By: Fogg G.E. & Smith David

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Cassell: 1990

Seller ID: 67342

ISBN: 030434107X

Condition: 224pp, paperback, VG.

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.
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Leaves From a Diary kept on Board an Exploring Vessel

By: Ford C. Reginald

Price: £27.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2015

Seller ID: 65237

Condition: This item was First published by Whitcombe & Tombs as No.7 in the New Zealand Booklet Series, 1906. It is now presented in black gift box with the cover of the booklet laid on the lid. It is accompanied by a 12pp pamphlet of biographical details, newspaper articles and pictures, ‘Charles Reginald Ford 1880-1972: notes on an adventurous life' by Crispin de Boos; a coloured reproduction of 4pp advertisement for the graphic lecture 'Farthest South' presented by Ford in Australia; and two reproduction Antarctic postcards. Ford's booklet is 32pp, with 13 illustrations, the cover is linen-textured card. Only 400 copies have been produced.

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 partner in one of that country's most prestigious firms. Antarctica was published privately in 1908 and this is a facsimile of hi...
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Leaves From a Diary kept on Board an Exploring Vessel

By: Ford C. Reginald

Price: £27.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2015

Seller ID: 65242

Farthest South

By: Ford Mr. C. Reginald

Price: £8.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2016

Seller ID: 63604

Condition: 4pp, New.

A coloured reproduction of 4pp, 29x22cm, advertisement for the graphic lecture 'Farthest South' presented by Ford in Australia and promoted by J.C. Williamson.
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Life In The Freezer

By: Fothergill Alistair

Price: £3.00

Publisher: BBC Books: 1993

Seller ID: 53099

ISBN: 0563364319

Condition: 224pp, Fine in Fine dw.

A natural history of the Antarctic, superbly illustrated.
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Life In The Freezer

By: Fothergill Alistair

Price: £3.00

Publisher: BBC Books: 1993

Seller ID: 52623

ISBN: 0563364319

Condition: 224pp, Fine in Fine dw.

A natural history of the Antarctic, superbly illustrated.
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Antarctica And The South Atlantic. Discovery, Development And Dispute.

By: Fox Robert

Price: £6.00

Publisher: BBC Books: 1985

Seller ID: 64036

ISBN: 0563203323

Condition: 336pp, private bookplate, VG+ in Fine dw

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

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

By: Francis Daniel

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Tops'l Books: 1984

Seller ID: 64183

ISBN: 090639712X

Condition: 117pp, card covers, light foxing to foreedges, VG

The book is a wonderful history of an era, of people, and of whales.
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True North. Travels In Arctic Europe.

By: Francis Gavin

By: Furse Chris

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Anthony Nelson: 1979

Seller ID: 70238

ISBN: 0904614026

Condition: 256pp, VG in VG price clipped dw. Page 24 of the book makes reference to the Expedition team attending a canoeing course at the Joint Services Mountain Training Centre at Tywyn, loosely inserted are a couple of photos from the course instructors John Bull and Bob Hawkes.

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: 69564

ISBN: 0904614026

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

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

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

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

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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