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With Nansen In The North

By: Johansen Hjalmar

Price: £55.00

Publisher: Ward, Lock And Co: 1899

Seller ID: 52469

Condition: 351pp, original decorative blue cloth, wear to extremities, VG, no dustwrapper.

Account of the author's experiences on the first Fram Expedition 1893-96. Descriptions of the voyage, hunting adventures and the author's sledge journey with Nansen towards the North Pole. The wintering on Franz Josef Land 1895-96 and the return home.
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With Nansen In The North

By: Johansen Hjalmar

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Ward, Lock And Co: 1899

Seller ID: 52789

Condition: 351pp, original decorative blue cloth, professionally recased, new endpapers, wear to extremities, sunning to spine, Good+, no dustwrapper.

With Nansen In The North

By: Johansen Hjalmar

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Ward, Lock And Co: 1899

Seller ID: 52627

Condition: 351pp, original decorative blue cloth, wear to extremities, sunning to spine, inscription, slight cracking to front endpaper but secure, foxing to endpapers and foreedges, Good+, no dustwrapper.

The World Of Ice

By: John Brian

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Orbis Publishing: 1979

Seller ID: 422

Condition: VG in VG- water damaged dw

Sir John Richardson. Arctic Explorer, Natural Historian, Naval Surgeon.

By: Johnson Robert E.

Price: £34.00

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd: 1976

Seller ID: 67306

ISBN: 0850660742

Condition: 209pp, original blue cloth, ex university library, Good+. An uncommon title.

Sir John Richardson. Arctic Explorer, Natural Historian, Naval Surgeon.

By: Johnson Robert E.

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd: 1976

Seller ID: 67305

ISBN: 0850660742

Condition: 209pp, exlibrary, VG- in Good+ dw with tear repaired. An uncommon title.

Sir John Richardson. Arctic Explorer, Natural Historian, Naval Surgeon.

By: Johnson Robert E.

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd: 1976

Seller ID: 67301

ISBN: 0850660742

Condition: 209pp, exlibrary, Good+ in Good+ dw. An uncommon title.

Antarctica The Last Great Wilderness

By: Johnson Stanley

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld And Nicolson: 1985

Seller ID: 64018

ISBN: 0297786768

Condition: 206pp, VG in VG dw

Foreword by Sir Peter Scott.
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The South Polar Trail. The Log of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

By: Joyce Ernest E. Mills

Price: £28.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2017

Seller ID: 65467

ISBN: 1852971223

Condition: 220pp, 61 photographs, hardback, blue cloth, New in dustwrapper. This facsimile edition is limited to only 300 individually numbered copies. An excellent reprint of a very scarce title.

A primary account of the Ross Sea shore party of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition 1914-1917. Their task was to lay dumps to the pole for Shackleton's southern party. This less told story from the expedition is equally harrowing, an incredible story.
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The South Polar Trail. The Log of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

By: Joyce Ernest Mills

Price: £375.00

Publisher: Duckworth: 1929

Seller ID: 55066

Condition: 220pp, 61 photographs, original blue boards, new endpapers, bump to bottom corners, wear to extremities, Good+ in colour photocopy of original dw.

The Conquest of the Poles and Modern Adventures in the World of Ice.

By: Judd Alfred

Price: £10.00

Publisher: T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd:

Seller ID: 62688

Condition: 364pp, 17 plates, 2 maps, original pictorial boards, light foxing to foreedges, foxing to endpapers, VG. An attractive copy.

The Silent Continent.

By: Kearns William H. & Britton Beverley

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd: 1955

Seller ID: 69522

Condition: 237pp, original red cloth, bumping to corners and head and tail of spine, VG-, no dustwrapper.

True stories of more than thirty Antarctic explorations from thirteen countries, each a true adventure story of the courage, heroism and fortitude of exceptional men.
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The Conquest Of The Antarctic

By: Kemp Norman

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Alan Wingate: 1956

Seller ID: 673

Condition: 152pp, VG in Poor chipped dw with loss to bottom of spine and part of rear board.

A Victim Of The Aurora.

By: Keneally Thomas

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Collins: 1977

Seller ID: 64004

ISBN: 0002224933

Condition: 222pp, foxing to foreedges, slight sunning to head of boards, VG in VG dw

A detective story.
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The Wicked Mate. The Antarctic Diary Of Victor Campbell.

By: King H.G.R. [editor]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books/ Erskine Press: 2001

Seller ID: 63433

ISBN: 1852970715

Condition: 192pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

In 1910 Scott sent six men, the Northern Party, under the command of Lieutenant Victor Campbell, to explore along the coast of King Edward VII Land. After a successful 10 months at Cape Adare they moved to Inexpressible island, as stormy and desolate place a place as could be found anywhere on the planet. The failure of the relief ship to collect them at the end of the summer left them marooned with no hut and little food. Campbell kept all the men alive through the winter in a snow cave, 12ft by 9ft. After the winter, Campbell led the men 230 miles back to Cape Evans, only to learn of the dea...
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The Wicked Mate. The Antarctic Diary Of Victor Campbell.

By: King H.G.R. [editor]

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books/ Erskine Press: 2001

Seller ID: 69511

ISBN: 1852970715

Condition: 192pp, Fine in Fine dw.

The Wicked Mate. The Antarctic Diary Of Victor Campbell.

By: King H.G.R. [editor]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books/ Erskine Press: 2001

Seller ID: 65202

ISBN: 1852970715

Condition: 192pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

South Pole Odyssey: Selections from the Antarctic Diaries of Edward Wilson.

By: King Harry

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Blandford Press: 1982

Seller ID: 34134

ISBN: 0713712066

Condition: 176pp, paperback, Fine copy.

Gennem Den Hvide Orken. Den danske Forskningsrejse tvaersover Nordgronland 1912-13

By: Koch J. P.

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag: 1913

Seller ID: 68716

Condition: xiv, 286pp, original pictorial boards, professionally recased with new spine and original laid on, slight lean, VG. Text in Norwegian. Well illustrated.

Narrative of the Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land and across northern Greenland, 1912-13, under J. P. Koch, to make glaciological and meteorological investigations on the inland ice and its border region. An account of the transportation of supplies by motor boat, barge and pack horse from Denmark Harbour to Borg Fiord, the wintering in its vicinity near Storstrommen Glacier and horse and sledge journey across Greenland to Proven on the west coast.
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South Georgia. Gateway To Antarctica.

By: Kohl-Larsen Ludwig

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2003

Seller ID: 70287

ISBN: 1852970758

Condition: 294pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

South Georgia had been the gateway to the Antarctic for many of the early expeditions to the continent. Ludwig Kohl-Larsen first visited the island in 1911 as a doctor on the Otto Nordenskjold expedition. Seeing South Georgia kindled in him an enthusiasm for returning to the Antarctic. He married Captain Larsen’s daughter and used his close connection with the Larsen family to return, firstly in 1924 on board the first whaling factory ship (Sir James Clark Ross) and then, in 1929, to travel around South Georgia and film the wildlife. He spent a summer camped in various parts of the island, e...
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South Georgia. Gateway To Antarctica.

By: Kohl-Larsen Ludwig

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2003

Seller ID: 70288

ISBN: 1852970758

Condition: 294pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

South Georgia. Gateway To Antarctica.

By: Kohl-Larsen Ludwig

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2003

Seller ID: 68988

ISBN: 1852970758

Condition: 294pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and Narrative of the Wreck of the Hansa in the Ice

By: Koldewey Captain

Price: £495.00

Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle: 1874

Seller ID: 66634

Condition: viii, 590pp, numerous woodcut illusts, 4 coloured, 2 maps, new green cloth binding with original spine laid on and original ship illustration retained to front board, some pages dusty and occasional light foxing, a few foreedges ragged, VG. A strong tight copy.

The Fifth Man. The Life Of H.R. Bowers

By: Lagerbom C.H.

Price: £55.00

Publisher: Caedmon Of Whitby: 1999

Seller ID: 70182

ISBN: 0905355512

Condition: 239pp, Fine in Fine dw. Now scarce.

Henry Bowers was the fifth man in Scott's South Pole expedition party.
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The Fifth Man. The Life Of H.R. Bowers

By: Lagerbom C.H.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Caedmon Of Whitby: 1999

Seller ID: 69529

ISBN: 0905355512

Condition: 239pp, VG+ in VG+ dw. Now scarce.

Henry Bowers was the fifth man in Scott's South Pole expedition party.
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An Account of a Voyage To Spitzbergen; Containing A Full Description Of That Country, Of The Zoology Of The North, And Of The Shetland Isles; with an Account of the Whale Fishery.

By: Laing John

Price: £78.00

Publisher: K Book Editions: 1973

Seller ID: 63506

ISBN: 0859630099

Condition: 173pp, blue cloth, exlibrary, number to spine, a couple of small ink stamps but very clean internally, slight lean to spine, new endpapers, Good+ in VG- dw with scuffing to spine due to label removal. A facsimile of the 1815 First Edition.

Results of the author's voyages in the Greenland Sea as ship surgeon on whalers in 1806-7. Appendix contains an historical account of whale fisheries; important observations on variation of the compass; extracts from Mr Scoresby's paper on 'Polar Ice'.
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When The Pole Star Shone. A History Of Exploration.

By: Langley Michael

Price: £6.00

Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co: 1971

Seller ID: 59763

ISBN: 0245506683

Condition: 176pp, VG in VG dw.

A summary of geographical exploration since ancient times. Includes the development of navigational and surveying aids and instruments from the days when the Polynesians relied on bird migration.
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Life At The Bottom. The People Of Antartica.

By: Langone John

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: 1977

Seller ID: 64065

ISBN: 0316154263

Condition: 262pp, VG in VG dw.

The lives of the servicemen, scientists and civilians, who work in Antartica.
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Sir Vivian Fuchs. The Living Biographies Series.

By: Larsen Egon

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Phoenix House Ltd: 1959

Seller ID: 64654

Condition: 110pp, exlibrary, usual markings, a reading copy in dustwrapper

Living Biographies for young people.
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FjellNorge. Vol 1: Fra Ryfylke til Jotunheimen. Vol 2: Fr Breheimen til Rondane. Vol 3: Fra Trollheimen Til Svalbard (Three Volumes)

By: Lauritzen Per Roger & Ryvarden Leif

Price: £160.00

Publisher: Gyldendal: 2003

Seller ID: 66533

ISBN: 8205271933

Condition: 231pp, Fine in Fine dw.

A lovely set of this beautifully illustrated and scarce title.
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ANARE. Australia's Antarctic Outposts.

By: Law Philip And Bechervaise John

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1957

Seller ID: 53760

Condition: 152pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, small inscr, VG in Good+ price clipped dw with large tear repaired along the flap

A record of the life and work of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions.
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ANARE. Australia's Antarctic Outposts.

By: Law Philip And Bechervaise John

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1957

Seller ID: 52697

Condition: 152pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, some spotting to last few pages, Good+ in VG dw

A record of the life and work of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions.
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Antarctic Seals. Research methods and techniques.

By: Laws R. M.

Price: £26.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1993

Seller ID: 66420

ISBN: 0521443024

Condition: 390pp, Mint in Mint dw.

A detailed account of well-tried and, where possible, agreed methodologies, techniques, procedures and rationale for the collection and initial analysis of date on the biology and population ecology of Antarctic seals. The Antarctic is the world's most important habitat for seals, currently supporting more seals than all other parts of the world combined.
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Antarctica. The Last Frontier.

By: Laws Richard

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Boxtree/Anglia TV: 1989

Seller ID: 64281

ISBN: 1852832479

Condition: 208pp, map endpapers, Fine in near Fine dw.

Breathtaking pictures from the Anglia TV series.
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Reindeer on South Georgia. The ecology of an introduced population.

By: Leader-Williams N.

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1988

Seller ID: 67525

ISBN: 0521242711

Condition: 319pp, pictorial boards, exlibrary, usual stamps but very clean internally, Good+.

Studies in Polar Research.
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Antarctic Penguins. A Study Of Their Social Habits

By: Levick Dr G. Murray

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Heinemann: 1914

Seller ID: 44549

Condition: 140pp, original pictorial cloth, two private bookplates, owner's ink stamp, spine lettering faded, a few worn spots to boards, occasional light foxing, Good.

The Great North Pole Fraud

By: Lewin W. Henry

Price: £285.00

Publisher: C W Daniel Company Ltd: 1935

Seller ID: 61739

Condition: 192pp, original orange cloth, some fading and soiling to boards, heavy wear to edge of boards, Good in colour photocopy of original dw. A very scarce book indeed.

Lewin published a journal annually, the Individualist, which during its 23 years of issue, ending in 1930, was largely responsible for a more or less continuous anti-Peary publicity. He attempts to convince any unbiassed person that Peary never reached the North Pole at all.
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The Great North Pole Fraud

By: Lewin W. Henry

Price: £300.00

Publisher: C W Daniel Company Ltd: 1935

Seller ID: 65391

Condition: 192pp, original orange cloth, sunning to spine, some damp fading to leading edge of boards, private bookplate, some browning to pages as is usual, Good+ in colour photocopy of original dw. A very scarce title indeed.

Icebound In Antarctica

By: Lewis David & George Mimi

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Secker & Warburg: 1987

Seller ID: 38908

Condition: 242pp, VG+ in VG+ dw

Icebound In Antarctica

By: Lewis David & George Mimi

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Secker & Warburg: 1987

Seller ID: 64063

ISBN: 0436245892

Condition: 242pp, private bookplate, VG+ in VG+ dw.

The Life and Work of the Rev. E. J. Peck Among The Eskimos.

By: Lewis Rev. Arthur

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: 1905

Seller ID: 56092

Condition: xvi, 349pp, original decorative blue cloth, front endpaper lacking, light wear to extremities, VG-.

A Continent For Science. The Antarctic Adventure

By: Lewis Richard S.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Secker & Warburg: 1965

Seller ID: 64040

Condition: 300pp, well illustrated with maps, photographs and charts, foxing to foreedges, VG in VG dw

Foreword by Dr Thomas O. Jones. The first definitive history of the world's last land frontier.
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Siberian Arctic. The Story of the Siberian Company.

By: Lied Jonas

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Methuen & Co Ltd: 1960

Seller ID: 57579

Condition: 217pp, folding map, VG+ in Good+ dw.

The exploration and development of the Kara Sea route.
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The Path Through Penguin City

By: Lillie Harry R.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Ernest Benn: 1955

Seller ID: 44541

Condition: 302pp, illusts, maps, original blue cloth, fading and mark to spine, Good in colour photocopy of original dw.

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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The Path Through Penguin City

By: Lillie Harry R.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Ernest Benn: 1955

Seller ID: 52533

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

The Voyage Of The Challenger

By: Linklater Eric

Price: £10.00

Publisher: John Murray: 1972

Seller ID: 70204

ISBN: 0719526264

Condition: 288pp, VG in VG dw.

In 1872 HMS Challenger sailed from Portsmouth on a journey that was to circumnavigate the world, eight times across the equator, into the Antarctic ice, covering 68000 miles and lasting 1000 days.
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