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The Path Through Penguin City

By: Lillie Harry R.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Ernest Benn: 1955

Seller ID: 52533

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 302pp, illusts, maps, original blue cloth, VG+ in colour photocopy of original dw. A nice bright copy.

Dr. Lillie went to the Antarctic as surgeon to a whaling fleet. This is the story of why he went and what he saw. He was appalled by the cruelty and it began a life long crusade. Furthermore Lillie's descriptions of the wild life of the ocean are as fascinating as they are instructive.
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Ice - High And Low

By: Lister Hal

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Indent Pre-Print: 2005

Seller ID: 61360

Binding: paperback

Condition: 263pp, paperback, New.

Expeditions in a cool environment near the ground. With beautiful photographs and illustrations.
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Ice - High And Low

By: Lister Hal

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Indent Pre-Print: 2005

Seller ID: 61368

Binding: paperback

Condition: 263pp, paperback, New.

Expeditions in a cool environment near the ground. With beautiful photographs and illustrations.
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White Horizon

By: Liversidge Douglas

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Odhams Press Ltf: 1951

Seller ID: 57462

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 255pp, front endpaper lacking, sunning to head and tail of spine, Good in complete but worn dw.

The epic voyage of the polar ship John Biscoe to rescue eleven men trapped by Antartic ice.
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Penguins

By: Love John A

Price: £2.00

Publisher: Whittet Books: 1994

Seller ID: 38904

Binding: paperback

Condition: 128pp, paperback, VG+

Antarctica.

By: Lucas Mike

Price: £8.00

Publisher: New Holland Publishers: 1996

Seller ID: 64024

ISBN: 185368743X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 155pp, light spotting to very bottom of two pages, VG in VG+ dw

Superbly illustrated.
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The Third Reich In Antarctica. The German Antarctic Expedition 1938-39

By: Ludecke Cornelia & Summerhayes Colin

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2012

Seller ID: 68966

ISBN: 1852971037

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 259pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The origins of the Third German Antarctic Expedition lie in a combination of the aspirations of German scientists to contribute to exploring and understanding the Antarctic environment, and the Nazi Party's drive for self-sufficiency on the road to war. In 1936/37 Germany had joined the whaling nations in the South Atlantic, keen to obtain whale oil without having to use valuable foreign currency reserves needed for rearmament. Considering that it needed a local whaling base, Germany decided to explore the possibility of setting up a supply base on the coast of Dronning Maud Land. The man in c...
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The Third Reich In Antarctica. The German Antarctic Expedition 1938-39

By: Ludecke Cornelia & Summerhayes Colin

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2012

Seller ID: 68969

ISBN: 1852971037

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 259pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The Third Reich In Antarctica. The German Antarctic Expedition 1938-39

By: Ludecke Cornelia & Summerhayes Colin

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2012

Seller ID: 68962

ISBN: 1852971037

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 259pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions

By: M'Clintock, Capt R. N.

Price: £225.00

Publisher: John Murray: 1860

Seller ID: 69901

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xxvii, 406pp, 32pp adverts, original decorative blue cloth, new spine with original relaid, small bookseller blindstamp, VG+. An attractive copy.

Narrative of Lady Franklins final searching expedition, under Capt. MClintock on the Fox 1857-59, drawn from MClintocks daily journal. A record of the voyage to Greenland, the drift in the ice pack from Melville Bay and Davis Strait, the voyage through Lancaster Sound, Barrow Strait, Prince Regent Inlet, Bellot Strait and wintering at Port Kennedy, sledge journeys by Boothia Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, King William Island to Great Fish River. The findings of proofs of Franklins fate, the exploring of coastlines of Bellot Strait, and MClintock Channel, of Rae Strait, confirming the compl...
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The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions

By: M'Clintock, Capt R. N.

Price: £175.00

Publisher: John Murray: 1859

Seller ID: 69874

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xxvii, 403pp, illusts, folding maps, half tan leather with marbled boards, raised bands and decorative spine, owner's signature on title page, very minor spots foxing to prelims, VG+. A most attractive copy indeed.

Narrative of Lady Franklins final searching expedition under Capt. McClintock, on the Fox, 1857-59, drawn from McClintocks journal. Record of the voyage to Greenland, the drift in the ice pack from Melville Bay through Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, and subsequent voyage through Lancaster Sound, Barrow Strait and wintering at Port Kennedy. Includes accounts of sledge journeys and finding the proofs of Franklins fate, and the exploration of coastlines of Bellot Strait, and McClintock Channel, of Rae Strait thus confirming the completion of the Northwest Passage.
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The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions

By: M'Clintock, Capt R. N.

Price: £150.00

Publisher: John Murray: 1859

Seller ID: 66633

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xxvii, 403pp, illusts, folding maps, half blue leather with marbled boards, raised bands, marbled page edges, light wear to extremities, private bookplate, tear to folding map repaired, very clean indeed, VG. A lovely tight copy.

Fate of Sir John Franklin. The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas in search of Franklin and His Companions

By: M'Clintock, Capt R. N.

Price: £95.00

Publisher: John Murray: 1869

Seller ID: 53105

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xlviii, 336pp, illusts, folding maps, original blue cloth with gilt titling, embossed head of Franklin's to front board, light wear to extremities, inscription dated 1873, some minor old damp fading to leading edge of boards, some marks to endpapers, near VG.

Canadian North

By: MacDonald Malcolm

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1945

Seller ID: 57426

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 272pp, Fine, no dustwrapper.

The story of a journey in the Canadian North.
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The 'Taurus' Collection. 150 Collectable Books on the Antarctic. A Bibliography.

By: Mackenzie Julian [editor]

Price: £95.00

Publisher: The Traveller's Bookshop: 2001

Seller ID: 70172

ISBN: 1874472521

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 197pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 500 copies.

The Taurus collection is one the pre-eminent private collections of books on the Antarctic. The collection encompasses the major works of exploration by people who actually went to the continent in the Golden Age, which ended with the outbreak of the Second World War. The items are supplied with collations, notes and illustrations, making this a work of great value not only to collectors and dealers but also to those interested in the history of Antarctic Exploration.
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The 'Taurus' Collection. 150 Collectable Books on the Antarctic. A Bibliography.

By: Mackenzie Julian [editor]

Price: £95.00

Publisher: The Traveller's Bookshop: 2001

Seller ID: 70174

ISBN: 1874472521

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 197pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 500 copies.

Far North With "Captain Mac"

By: MacMillan Miriam

Price: £7.00

Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1951

Seller ID: 45070

Binding: paperback

Condition: 465-513pp, extract from the National Geographic Magazine October, 1951, in green card covers, VG+

Madigan's Account: The Mawson Expedition.

By: Madigan C. T. & Madigan J. W. [editor]

Price: £95.00

Publisher: Wellington Bridge Press: 2012

Seller ID: 71297

ISBN: 192176709X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 608pp, pictorial boards, Fine. A huge quality publication.

The Antarctic Diaries of C. T. Madigan 1911-1914. His experiences as a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
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Whales, Whaling and Whale Research. A Selected Bibliography.

By: Magnolia L. R.

Price: £9.00

Publisher: The Whaling Museum, Long Island: 1977

Seller ID: 57430

Binding: paperback

Condition: 91pp, paperback, some pages loosening, Good.

Contains 1000 bibliographic references. A useful reference.
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Igloo For The Night

By: Manning Mrs. Tom

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: 1943

Seller ID: 54194

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 232pp, slight lean, sunning to spine, corners a little bumped, a few marks to boards, Good

Mrs. Manning went to Baffinland to join her husband Tom.
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Whalemen's Paintings and Drawings. Selections from the Kendall Whaling Museum Collection.

By: Martin Kenneth R.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Trustees Of The Kendall Whaling Museum: 1983

Seller ID: 64219

ISBN: 087413191X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 172pp, VG+ in VG- dw with a few chips.

Whether you are interested in martime history, sailors' art, cetology, or the whaling industry in general, you will find this collection fascinating.
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The Arctic Forests

By: Mason Michael H.

Price: £110.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: 1924

Seller ID: 52409

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 320pp, new blue cloth binding, original spine relaid and gilt image relaid to front board, VG+. A very clean and attractive copy.

Based on the author's sojourn, 1920-22, hunting and travelling in the region eastward from the Mackenzie River delta to Bering Sea.
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Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14 under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson: Scientific Reports (Complete Set)

By: Mawson Sir Douglas

Price: £3,900.00

Publisher: Adelaide and Sydney: Government Printers: 1916

Seller ID: 55839

Binding: hardcover

Condition: A fine set in the original publishers paper wrappers. Complete all 91 parts as issued from 1916 to 1947. No prior ownership marks, no library marks, no faults, exactly as issued. It is exceptional to find a set in totally original condition that hasn't been institutionalised in some way. You will not find a better set. Please contact us for additional details, photographs and shipping costs.

These voluminous reports were published over many years, from 1916 to 1947. In all, ninety-one separate publications were grouped into three series, made up of twenty two volumes. It is exceedingly rare to find a complete set of the reports. The work emanating from the expedition ranks it as one of the great scientific expeditions of the heroic era. The reports themselves were attractively prepared, with photographs and charts of high quality. Over 4000 pages of text, charts, plates and maps. Series A - Geography, Geology, Glaciology. Volume I. Volume V. Series B - Meteorology, Aural Observat...
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The Whalers

By: Maynard Dr. Felix & Dumas Alexandre

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Hutchinson & Co: 1937

Seller ID: 64186

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 414pp, owner's name and address, private blindstamp, wear to extremities, Good+

The Third Voyage Of Martin Frobisher To Baffin Island 1578. The Hakluyt Society Third series No.6

By: McDermott James [editor]

Price: £9.00

Publisher: The Hakluyt Society: 2001

Seller ID: 53302

ISBN: 0904180697

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xi, 268pp, Fine in VG+ dw with sunning to spine.

Martin Frobisher's third voyage to Baffin island was the consequence of flawed logic and excessive optimism on the part of the adventurers of the ephemeral Company of Cathay. Their original intention of finding a north-western route to the Far East had been largely forgotten following the imagined discovery of gold and silver-bearing ore in Meta Incognita, as Elizabeth I had named the forbidding and icy landscape which Frobisher and seventeen mariners had first sighted two years earlier. This was to be the English nation's first experience of a goldrush. As the likelihood of future profits was...
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Exploring The Northwest Territory.

By: McDonald T. H.

Price: £18.00

Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press: 1966

Seller ID: 58291

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 133pp, VG+ in VG price clipped dw

Sir Alexander Mackenzie's Journal of a voyage by bark canoe from Lake Athabasca to the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1789.
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The Last Imaginary Place. A Human History of the Arctic World.

By: Mcghee Robert

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 2006

Seller ID: 44512

ISBN: 0192807307

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 296pp, Fine in Fine dw.

Renowned archaeologist McGhee combines history, anthropology, and personal experience to reveal the true Arctic.
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By: Mielche Hakon

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Travel Book Club: 1952

Seller ID: 57534

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 227pp, yellowing to page edges, near VG in Good dw with sellotape repairs.

The author describes the activities on board the factory ship, and gives a most vivid description of the harpooning of the whales from the whale-catchers.
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There She Blows!

By: Mielche Hakon

Price: £4.00

Publisher: William Hodge & Co Ltd: 1952

Seller ID: 52523

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 228pp, Fine in VG+ dw

The author describes the activities on board the factory ship, and gives a most vivid description of the harpooning of the whales from the whale-catchers.
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There She Blows!

By: Mielche Hakon

Price: £3.00

Publisher: William Hodge & Co Ltd: 1952

Seller ID: 64190

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 227pp, foxing to foreedges and first few pages, Good+ in Good+ dw with small scratch on spine.

The author describes the activities on board the factory ship, and gives a most vivid description of the harpooning of the whales from the whale-catchers.
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Nordost Gronland 1908-60 Fangstmandsperioden

By: Mikkelsen Peter Schmidt

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Aschehoug: 2001

Seller ID: 58302

ISBN: 8711115386

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 423pp, pictorial boards, Fine.

A history of the early mainly trapping expeditions to North East Greenland. Well illustrated with photographs of the known trapping huts with location maps. Text in Danish with a summary of 15 pages in English. This book is a revised and enlarged edition of 'Nordostgronland 1908-60 Fangstmandsperioden' published in 1994 by Danish Polar Center.
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North East Greenland 1908-60. The Trapper Era (SIGNED COPY)

By: Mikkelsen Peter Schmidt

Price: £55.00

Publisher: Scott Polar Research Institute: 2008

Seller ID: 70297

ISBN: 0901021067

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 527pp, pictorial hardback, New, signed by Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen. A fantastic publication packed with a huge wealth of useful information and historical interest both of which are superbly illustrated.

At last we have an English edition of Nordstgrnland 1908-60 - Fangstmandsperioden. This updated and enlarged translation of the classic Danish edition from 1994 has been published in response to the request of the increasing number of English-speaking scientists, adventurers and tourists visiting North-East Greenland. But this is much more than a translation. The book is the overall account of places and people during the pioneer era in the largest national park on Earth: North-East Greenland. It also contains a large amount of new material, recorded by the NANOK-expeditions in 2003-2007 and ...
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One Thousand Days With Sirius. The Greenland Sledge Patrol

By: Mikkelsen Peter Schmidt

Price: £12.00

Publisher: The Steading Workshop: 2005

Seller ID: 66856

ISBN: 0955077303

Binding: paperback

Condition: 222pp, paperback, New. Translated by David Matthews.

Account of life and work with the Sirius Sledge Patrol in North and Northeast Greenland 1977-1980.
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North East Greenland 1908-60. The Trapper Era (SIGNED COPY)

By: Mikkelsen Peter Schmidt

Price: £55.00

Publisher: Scott Polar Research Institute: 2008

Seller ID: 70298

ISBN: 0901021067

By: Mittelholzer Walter

Price: £55.00

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin: 1925

Seller ID: 58010

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 176pp, 48 illustrations and maps, original blue cloth, owner's signature, light foreedge foxing, short tear to one margin and one leaf has a corner clipped, VG in colour photocopy of original dw. An attractive copy.

An account of an expedition accessory to Amundsen's attempt to reach the North Pole by airplane. Mittelholzer was a Swiss airman noted for his photographs taken from airplane in the High Alps.
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