Rymill, John

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (252 x 180mm.), xvii, 296pp., 4 coloured maps, 3 folding, 128 photographic illustrations on 80 plates, original green cloth, photographically-illustrated dust-jacket, slipcase, jacket price-clipped and with spotting to inner flaps

Spence 1016

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The British Graham Land Expedition “proved to be of great significance with many achievements to its credit. It bridged the gap between the heroic age of Antarctic discovery and the present era with its well-funded and comprehensively staffed permanent bases. Using new approaches to travel and diet it avoided many of the problems faced by earlier explorers. Despite the severity of the environment and the three year duration of the expedition, the party returned to Britain without injury or experience of deprivation” (Scott Polar Research Institute: www.spri.cam.ac.uk/resources/expeditions/bgl/)