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Antarctica A History in 100 Objects By Jean de Pomereu and Daniella McCahey

Antarctica A History in 100 Objects By Jean de Pomereu and Daniella McCahey

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Antarctica A History in 100 Objects By Jean de Pomereu and Daniella McCahey

This stunning and powerfully relevant book tells the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects.

Sourced from polar institutions and collections around the world, the objects that tell the story of this remarkable continent range from the iconic to the exotic, from the refreshingly mundane to the indispensable:

- snow goggles adopted from Inuit technology by Amundsen
- the lifeboat used by Shackleton and his crew
- a bust of Lenin installed by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition
- the Polar Star aircraft used in the first trans-Antarctic flight
- a sealing club made from the penis bone of an elephant seal
- the frozen beard as a symbol of Antarctic heroism and masculini

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Deb: Geographer, Scientist, Antarctic Explorer

Deb: Geographer, Scientist, Antarctic Explorer

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Deb: Geographer, Scientist, Antarctic Explorer. A biography of Frank Debenham by Peter Speak

Frank Debenham - 'Deb' to all who knew him - was one of the youngest members of Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-1913. Largely overlooked by history, he was nevertheless at the heart of that great adventure, during which he had his own life-threatening experiences. He was destined to go on to far greater things, for which he was awarded both the OBE and the Polar Medal, and to make his mark indelibly on Cambridge history. This thoroughly researched account is supported by illuminating extracts of correspondence, as well as numerous photographs and maps, some published here for the first time.

Published: 2008 by Polar Publishing Limited, Guildford, Surrey, UK

Dimension:  21cm x 15cm , Softback 

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£10.00 - Europe
£15.00 - Rest of World

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Face to Face, Polar Portraits By Huw Lewis-Jones

Face to Face, Polar Portraits By Huw Lewis-Jones

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This unique book is the first to examine the history and role of polar exploration photography and showcases the very first polar photographs of 1845 through to images of the present day. It features the first portraits of explorers, some of the earliest photographs of the Inuit, the first polar photographs to appear in a book and rare images never before published from many of the Heroic-Age Antarctic expeditions. Almost all the historic imagery - daguerreotypes, magic lantern slides, glass plate negatives and images from private albums - have never been before the public eye.

SPRI's touring exhibition may also be of interest:
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/exhibitions/facetoface/touring.html.

Published: 2008 by Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England

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The Antarctic Paintings of Edward Seago By Julian Dowdeswell and Heather Lane

The Antarctic Paintings of Edward Seago By Julian Dowdeswell and Heather Lane

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This volume of Edward Seago's dramatic paintings of Antarctica, accomplished during the voyage of HMY Britannia in 1956-57, includes a selection of works from the private collection of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Over 30 of Seago's oils are presented in full colour, along with a brief biography, an account of the voyage and a description of the landscape of Antarctica illustrated by a series of modern photographs.

Published: 2006 by Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England

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£22.50 - RoW Customers

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The Continent of Antarctica By Julian Dowdeswell and M Hambrey

The Continent of Antarctica By Julian Dowdeswell and M Hambrey

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This book attempts to bring together our accumulated experience of the Antarctic continent, through what we hope is a combination of an accessible but informative text, supported by a series of photographs. The selection of photographs, which are mostly our own, was a particular pleasure, reminding us of the many remote and beautiful places we have seen as part of our scientific work.

Published: 2018 by Papadakis

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£12.50 - EC Customers
£22.50 - ROW Customers

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The Worst Journey Graphic Novel

The Worst Journey Graphic Novel

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The Worst Journey Graphic Novel
By Sarah Airriess

Making Our Easting Down is the first in what will be a four-volume full-colour graphic serialisation of The Worst Journey in the World, made in cooperation with the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge.

Dimension: 215x151mm

220pp.; of which 149 are full-colour comic and 54 are annotations.

Published: 2022 by Indie Novella

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£15.00 - Europe
£30.00 - Rest of World

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