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THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA - THE COMMONWEALTH TRANS-ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958
by Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Hillary, Sir Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassel And Company Limited, London, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; xviii, 338 pages, illustrated, 30 colour, 63 b/w, 9 maps, end papers showing map of the Antarctic, original covers, photocopied dust jacket. Shelf wear covers sunned, foxing to pages. A must-have for any collector of Antarctica this attractive book tells the story of the Trans-Antarctic expedition. On the 24th November 1957 12 men set out from Shackleton base equipped with 8 vehicles, sledges and two dog teams to cross more than two thousand miles of unexplored snow and ice, this is the fascinating account of the expedition. Meanwhile on the other side of the Antarctic continent Sir Edmund Hillary probed the immense Skelton Glacier from the Ross Sea and blazed a trail for the crossing party to follow. To him goes the honour of the achievement of reaching the South Pole by land for the first time since Captain Scott planted a British flag there some forty six years earlier. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2569. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2569
- Title
- THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA - THE COMMONWEALTH TRANS-ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958
- Author
- Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Hillary, Sir Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassel And Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Scott, polar, qpolarq Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Unbranded Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Hillary, Sir Edmund THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA - THE COMMONWEALTH TRANS-ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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- Sunned
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