Category: Polar

View Categories / Polar

Sort

Showing 151-200 of 727

Ninety Degrees North. The Quest For The North Pole

By: Fleming Fergus

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Granta Books: 2001

Seller ID: 64016

ISBN: 1862074496

Binding: hardcover

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Drawing on unpublished archives and forgotten journals, Fleming tells the story of the North Pole with consummate craftmanship and wit.
View More...

Barrow's Boys

By: Fleming Fergus

Price: £13.00

Publisher: Granta Books: 1998

Seller ID: 66181

ISBN: 186207173X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 489pp, Fine in Fine dw

Between 1816 and 1845 Barrow's and his and-picked teams of elite naval officers scoured the globe's empty spaces, undertaking the most ambitious programme of exploration the world had ever seen. Fleming highlights some of the great hardships and tragedies experienced in order to fill blanks on the map.
View More...

Ninety Degrees North. The Quest For The North Pole

By: Fleming Fergus

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Granta Books: 2001

Seller ID: 44445

ISBN: 1862074496

Binding: hardcover

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Drawing on unpublished archives and forgotten journals, Fleming tells the story of the North Pole with consummate craftmanship and wit.
View More...

Three Months On An Arctic Ice Island

By: Fletcher, Joseph

Price: £12.00

Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1956

Seller ID: 45063

Binding: paperback

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.
View More...

Three Months On An Arctic Ice Island

By: Fletcher, Joseph

Price: £12.00

Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1956

Seller ID: 45062

Binding: paperback

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.
View More...

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

Binding: paperback

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.
View More...

Leaves From a Diary kept on Board an Exploring Vessel

By: Ford C. Reginald

Price: £26.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2015

Seller ID: 65237

Binding: paperback

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 Scotts 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 his o...
View More...

Leaves From a Diary kept on Board an Exploring Vessel

By: Ford C. Reginald

Price: £26.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2015

Seller ID: 65242

Binding: paperback

Leaves From a Diary kept on Board an Exploring Vessel

By: Ford C. Reginald

Price: £26.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2015

Seller ID: 65240

Binding: paperback

Farthest South

By: Ford Mr. C. Reginald

Price: £8.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2016

Seller ID: 63604

Binding: paperback

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.
View More...

Life In The Freezer

By: Fothergill Alistair

Price: £3.00

Publisher: BBC Books: 1993

Seller ID: 53099

ISBN: 0563364319

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 224pp, Fine in Fine dw.

A natural history of the Antarctic, superbly illustrated.
View More...

Life In The Freezer

By: Fothergill Alistair

Price: £3.00

Publisher: BBC Books: 1993

Seller ID: 52623

ISBN: 0563364319

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 224pp, Fine in Fine dw.

A natural history of the Antarctic, superbly illustrated.
View More...

Antarctica And The South Atlantic. Discovery, Development And Dispute.

By: Fox Robert

Price: £6.00

Publisher: BBC Books: 1985

Seller ID: 64036

ISBN: 0563203323

Binding: hardcover

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

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

The Arctic Year

By: Freuchen Peter & Salomonsen Finn

Price: £9.00

Publisher: Reader's Union: 1960

Seller ID: 71049

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 440pp, map endpapers, VG in VG dw with large price clip. An attractive copy.

An impression of how man, beasts and plants exist under arctic conditions throughout the year.
View More...

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

The Crossing Of Antarctica

By: Fuchs Sir Vivian & Hillary Sir Edmund

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Cassell & Co: 1958

Seller ID: 66703

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 338pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, damp fading to bottom corner tips, VG in VG dw, flat signed on the half title page by Vivian Fuchs.

A detailed account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1955-1958.
View More...

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

Elephant Island. An Antarctic Expedition.

By: Furse Chris

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Anthony Nelson: 1979

Seller ID: 70238

ISBN: 0904614026

Binding: hardcover

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

Mountaineering In Antarctica. Climbing In The Frozen South

By: Gildea Damien

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Editions Nevicata: 2010

Seller ID: 68267

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...
View More...

Mountaineering In Antarctica. Climbing In The Frozen South

By: Gildea Damien

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Editions Nevicata: 2010

Seller ID: 68279

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: £14.00

Publisher: Editions Nevicata: 2010

Seller ID: 69553

ISBN: 2875230069

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, 200 colour photographs, 12 maps, Fine in Fine dw.

Mountaineering In Antarctica. Climbing In The Frozen South

By: Gildea Damien

Price: £16.00

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: £16.00

Publisher: Editions Nevicata: 2010

Seller ID: 68274

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

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.
View More...

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: £65.00

Publisher: Royal Scottish Geographical Society: 2003

Seller ID: 63499

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.
View More...