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Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole

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Captain Scott’s Terra Nova  Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole With Scott before the Mast by Francis Davies £39.99 Post Free on UK Orders  Click here: http://www.Antarcticbookshop.com/mastoffer.htm Also See it on Amazon.co.uk   https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scott-before-Mast-2020-Shipwright/dp/190103755X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=with+scott+before+the+mast&qid=1599436449&sr=8-2 Book Design: Nicholas Reardon ISBN 9781901037555 British Antarctic Expedition 1910 - 1913 Video link click on image Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, kept safe by his decadences, for over 100 years. Unique below decks prospective on Captains Scotts last Antarctic Expedition (Crossing the line document) Unabridged and never before Published These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott’s “Terra Nova” Francis Davies   T...

Ernest Shackleton joined the crew of Morning, known for her role as a relief vessel to Scott's Discovery Expedition

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The Songs of the "Morning": a Musical Sketch ISBN: 9781873877524 The Songs and Music recorded in  Wellington ,  New Zealand . The 24 page Booklet which comes with the CD and shows the history of the voyage along with all the songs lyrics  SY  Morning  was a steam yacht, known for her role as a relief  vessel  to Scott's British National ... Ernest  Shackleton  joined the crew of  Morning  as he was suffering from scurvy, and Mulock took his place on the Discovery.  CD and 24 page Booklet  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 ...

Lost Photographs and Journals of Captain Scott's First Antarctic Expedition isbn 9781873877692

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The Antarctic Journals of  Reginald Skelton:  "Another Little Job for the Tinker" ISBN    9781873877692  Limited Edition Leather bound book signed, numbered, and with slipcase £175  www.antarcticbookshop.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=9781873877692&ref=nb_sb_noss Reginald Skelton Was Chief Engineer, And Offical Photographer To Captain Scott's Discovery Expedition;  Youtube Video  www.antarcticbookshop.com My memories of my grandfather are of an old, but still fit and upright, man who had a deep gravelly voice and chuckled a lot. I was only ten when he died in 1956 and he never, as far as I can remember, told me anything about his time in the Antarctic.  www.antarcticbookshop.com Forty two years after his death we had, in a sense, changed places and I was getting the full story. By then into my fifties, seated in the library at the Scott Polar...

Captain Scott Limited Edition Leather bound book signed, numbered, and with slipcase

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Limited Edition Leather bound book  On Capatin Scott and Edward Wilson Signed, Numbered, and with Slipcase Price £175 isbn 9781874192572 www.antarcticbookshop.com ISBN 9781874192510  Sir David Attenborough was speaking at the launch of Edward Wilson's Antarctic Notebooks, a book by Dr Wilson's great-nephews David and Chris Wilson reproducing his sketches and watercolors from his expeditions to the Antarctic with Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Visit Amazon: Edward Wilson's Antarctic Notebooks: Special Limited Collectors Edition (Antarctica) ISBN-13:  978-1874192572 www.antarcticbookshop.com Dr Wilson was Scott's chief scientific officer on the second expedition, facing down freezing conditions and snow blindness to depict the continent and its wildlife, and died alongside him during their return from the South Pole in 1912. By Andrew Baker We are enraptured by the ...