Body at the Melbourne Club: Bertram Armytage, Antarctica's Forgotten Man by David Burke - 2009

Wakefield press, Adelaide, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. a secondhand copy, reading creases on the spine, no other damage, no annotations. Illustrated with reproductions of artworks, a map, black-and-white photographs, drawings et cetera. Includes bibliography & index, and a glossary of polar terms. This biography traces the enigmatic life of an unsung Explorer, Bertram Armytage, providing a new perspective on one of the great polar expeditions. – A panel blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Sociology & Culture; Antarctica; Exploration. ISBN: 1862548331. ISBN/EAN: 9781862548336. Inventory No: 0282635. . 9781862548336

Wakefield press, Adelaide, 2009. Softcover. Condition: Good. Ex library with laminated covers. Very clean interior. .

Kent Town, South Aust.: Wakefield Press. Near Fine. 2009. First Edition. Paperback. 1862548331 . With many illustrations, a fine copy. Bertram Armytage, son of a wealthy squatter, a popular sportsman who rowed for Cambridge, was the first Australian-born member of an Antarctic expedition. An expert horseman, he was given charge of the ponies in Ernest Shackleton's great 1907-1909 expedition, narrowly escaping the jaws of killer whales. In London he was decorated by royalty, but on coming home to Australia he went to his part-time city residence, the exclusive Melbourne Club, put on his dinner suit and polar medals and, at the age of 41, shot himself. This provides a new perspective on one of Shackleton's greatest expeditions. ; 210 x 140mm; xvi, 170 pages .