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A WALK TO THE POLE : To the Heart of Antarctica in the Footsteps of Scott
by Mear, Roger; Swan, Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
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- COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517566117
- ISBN 13
- 9780517566114
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About This Item
New York, NY: Crown, 1987. First American Edition, 1st Printing . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Near Fine. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace rubs to back corner tips of dustjacket. Memoir of a 900-mile, 70-day trek across Antartica to the South Pole less modern communication aids, and the completion of which makes it the longest unassisted march documented. Robert Swan, Roger Mear, and Michael Shroud. recreates Robert Falcon Scott's (1868 - 1912) journey, hence dubbed "In the Footsteps of Scott" (1984 - 1987). Swan and Mear first called on Bill Burton, then 96 years old, who was the last surviving member of Scott's expedition in 1912. Historical controversy of Scott's attempt spills over to the sensibility of this expedition as well, to the degree had the US Air Force not come to the rescue, the team would have shared Scott's fate also. Nevertheless, heroic venture, yes; good reading, yes.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A WALK TO THE POLE : To the Heart of Antarctica in the Footsteps of Scott
- Author
- Mear, Roger; Swan, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0517566117
- ISBN 13
- 9780517566114
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Adventure/Expedition/Memoir/Travel Narrative/South Pole/Michael Wood
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- Adventure/Expeditions;
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