Mariner Books, May 2002. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists who are.....
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2007. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. From astronomer Edmond Halley's 1699 voyage in the Paramore to sealer John Balleny's 1839 excursion in the "Eliza Scott, Below the Convergence" tells the story of British, American, and Russian expeditions to Antarctica-the fabled Terra Australis Incognita.....
Broadcast Music Inc., 1955. Trade Paperback. Peter Freuchen ((1886-1957) was a Danish explorer, author and anthrpologist notable for his role in Arctic explorations, namely the Thule Expeditions. 1. Typed book review by Peter Freuchen, hand-corrected, 4 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches; 2. Transcript typed for Continuity from Broadcast Muisc Inc.....
U.S. Government, 1873. First Edition. Map. Map, 24.6 x 18 inches, inside borders; sheet size, 26 x 19.1 inches. Chart shows the daily routes of the ships involved in searching for the survivors of the 'Polaris,' captained by Charles Francis Hall, in an attempt to reach the North Pole. In.....
Weybright and Talley, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 363 pages. Illustrated. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.