The Japanese South Polar Expedition 1910-12. by Shirase Antarctic Expedition Supporters Association (editors) - 2011

Eccles, UK: The Erskine Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by the translator. The most comprehensive coverage of this oft-overlooked Japanese South Polar expedition, led by army lieutenant Nobu Shirase of the ship 'Kainan Maru'. 8vo, 414pp, b&w ills throughout. New.

Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press, 2011. 2011 First Edition. hardcover. 414pp, decorative boards, hardback, Fine, no dustwrapper. Not all publisher's copies were supplied with dustwrapper due to a supply issue.. The Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-12, under the leadership of army lieutenant Nobu Shirase was the first exploration of Antarctic territory by Japan. After initial scepticism about the expedition they sailed from Tokyo on 29 November 1910, in Kainan-maru, a vessel only 100 feet in length. They arrived in Wellington on 8 February 1911 and three days later departed for the Antarctic. The entire trip south was dogged by poor weather and when the coast of Victoria Land was finally sighted conditions were so bad that a landing was impossible. They sailed on through the Ross Sea only to find even worse ice and soon it was impossible to go any further. Shirase ordered the crew to turn the ship northward for Australia. They arrived in Sydney on 1 May, 1911 and were initially greeted with… Read More

Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press, 2011. 2011 First Edition. hardcover. 414pp, decorative boards, hardback, Fine in VG+ dustwrapper. Not all publisher's copies were supplied with dustwrapper due to a supply issue.. The Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-12, under the leadership of army lieutenant Nobu Shirase was the first exploration of Antarctic territory by Japan. After initial scepticism about the expedition they sailed from Tokyo on 29 November 1910, in Kainan-maru, a vessel only 100 feet in length. They arrived in Wellington on 8 February 1911 and three days later departed for the Antarctic. The entire trip south was dogged by poor weather and when the coast of Victoria Land was finally sighted conditions were so bad that a landing was impossible. They sailed on through the Ross Sea only to find even worse ice and soon it was impossible to go any further. Shirase ordered the crew to turn the ship northward for Australia. They arrived in Sydney on 1 May, 1911 and were initially greeted with… Read More