Ernest Shackleton for Christmas isbn: 9781873877913
Ernest Shackleton for Christmas
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Nimrod Illustrated Special Edition
isbn: 9781873877913
£175
Numbered out of just 150 copies
Hand Finished.
Leather Bound.
Silk Ribbon and Book Mark.
Slip Case.
Signed and Numbered
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One of the most exciting expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration comes "Nimrod Illustrated". The book is a remarkable collage of expedition photographs, paintings and ephemera in a deliberate reminiscence of the expedition scrapbooks kept by so many of the expedition participants at the time. Many of the images are rarely seen, if ever before published, whilst others are better known.Together with quotations from the diaries of expedition participants, they tell the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 which saw the first use of ponies and motor cars in the Antarctic; achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus; achieved the first attainment of the South Magnetic Pole; and, took Shackleton within 100 miles of the South Geographic Pole to attain a dramatic new 'Farthest South' record. This was the expedition that made Shackleton's name as an explorer and for which he was awarded his knighthood. A treat for anyone interested in Shackleton, the Antarctic, polar exploration or the atmosphere of the Edwardian age.
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