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Following Edward Wilson into the Unknown, Dr Edward Wilson English Polar Explorer, Ornithologist, Physician and artist died in Antarctica in 1912. isbn 9781901037272

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  Following Edward Wilson into the Unknown, Dr Edward Wilson English Polar Explorer, Ornithologist, Physician and artist died in Antarctica in 1912. isbn 9781901037272 The discovery of a bird painting by Edward Wilson, who died with Scott on their return from the South Pole, hit the headlines in 2017. The bird was a dead treecreeper, an insignificant inhabitant of European woodland. Why was it there? This author had carried a treecreeper photo in his wallet for seven years after emigrating to New Zealand in 1960, to remind him of home. The coincidence led to a search of Wilson's portfolio, producing 150 paired images; many were weird - grooves on a bird's toenails? Dingle beach, Ireland; same time of day, same tide level, directly into a red sun? Coincidences in their characters came next: both learned art from their parents, at university they looked and dressed like twins, graduated with first class honours in Natural History, won prizes in diving, taught Sunday schools, and
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Big Business Events on buying a golden key to being a millionaire

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  Big Business Events OK perhaps not for me, but I was so disappointed and it kept reminding me of the old time share events we all used to attend.   I was sent an invite for a free business event and owning a publishing company this is normal.   What is not so normal is the hidden costs.   Parking in a hotel car park costs £10 for all day!   Did I have to pay? well no I hide the car in the delivery area where the event organizers also hide their cars.   The setting up staff were very rude when I was looking if there was a welcoming drink.   The hotel staff did feel sorry for me and did me a cup of tea.   The meeting was 9am to 5pm and with no drinks or snacks! 8 hours and no offer of refreshment!   If you wanted a biscuit or coffee you had to go out and buy it. Now they did do a snack at lunch time with a special talk with the speakers … But only if you upgraded your ticket from free to VIP at a cost of about £27, still no refreshments just a snack an
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Lots of myths on Byrds Operation Highjump in Antarctica

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Lots of myths on Byrds Operation Highjump like flying underground which can be ignored, but some interesting things have been said in the film documentaries of the day. Where are the walls of coal that were talked about in the late 1940s? I know the USA were very interested in claiming mining rights in the 1940s but walls of coal? And warm water lakes? As for the fresh warm water lakes that have started many a myth at a guess, I would say not warm but above freezing melt water lakes of Queen Mauds land, which were mapped by the German expedition in 1936. For those interested in the mapping of these lakes should read my book Antarctic Exploration Germany in Antarctica isbn 9781901037111. One surprise to me when looking at the films made at the time is the aircraft having enough fuel to fly to Queen Mauds land from Little America and back again in 1947. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9chz8COYVc ISBN 9781901037111  
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The last days of ernest shackleton on the Quest isbn 9781901037210

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 The last days of Ernest Shackleton isbn: 9781901037210 £35 Ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256112375195 The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton, is a unique and fully illustrated account of Shackleton’s death and burial in South Georgia from the personal point of view of a seaman on the Quest Expedition by the name of George Ross. George joined the Quest Expedition, at a place called Leith Harbour, in South Georgia, with the position donkey-man (a person in charge of a ships engine room) and he explains in detail the daily running of the ship after Shackleton’s death as a first hand account from a below decks crew members point of view. Along with George’s first hand account the book covers both the funeral arrangements, the Shetland Pallbearers, a short history of Shackleton’s Scouts, and the speeches at the unveiling of the Shacketon memorial.  This along with photos, maps, paintings and drawings of the expedition, crew, ship, Grytviken church, funeral and grave. To finish off the book t
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New Books On Antarctica

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New Books On Antarctica from Reardon Publishing You can contact me direct if you want to order a book or should be able to locate the books on Amazon THE POLAR BOOK £35 isbn 9781901037180  The Polar Book created as a facsimile of a now very scarce publication for the British Polar Exhibition of 1930 that celebrated the history of Polar discoveries and expeditions of the day.  This is the first edition as a case bound hardback, complete with two coloured maps designed by John Bartholomew.  This book celebrates Polar discoveries and expeditions, with chapters on the history of Polar discoveries, geophysics, geology, flora and fauna along with equipment needed and used at the time.  Contributors: G T Atkinson and H R Mil. The Foreword is by L.C. Bernacchi.   Louis Charles Bernacchi ( 8 November 1876  -  24 April 1942 ), a physicist and astronomer, is best known for his role in several expeditions to the Antarctic. He joined Carstens Borchgrevink's Southern Cross expedition (1898-1900)
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