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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

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)

Antarctic Booklist  BOOK AND CD  Music from Antarctica ISBN: 9781873877524 £14.99 These songs and poems were composed during the Relief Voyage of the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904. The music was composed by Lieut. G.S. Doorly and the lyrics by Chief Engineer Morrison and other officers, including Ernest Shackleton.  The CD is a result of collaboration by New Zealand musicians and actors to mark the centenary of the voyage of the "Morning" to relieve Captain Scott and company aboard the "Discovery" in 1902. The royalties for this publication are being divided between the Dundee Heritage Trust's Antartic 100 "Discovery" Restoration Fund for work on the restoration of "Discovery", and the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust for preservation work on the expedition's hut and its contents. ISBN: 9781873877524 Polar Crean isbn 9781901037197 £30.00 This is a first edition case bound hardback, which contains a number of Photo