Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition.
"IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF ACCLIMATISATION FOR FROST-BITE, HUNGER, WEARINESS AND OTHER DISCOMFORTS…": FIRST EDITION OF EDWARD SHACKLETON’S ARCTIC JOURNEYS
Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition.
SHACKLETON, Edward.
$475.00
Item Number: 136763
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.
First edition of Shackleton’s expedition, illustrated with 45 photographic prints, in-text illustrations, and five maps, including one folding map at rear. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket, which is in good condition.
Shackleton, explorer son of the famed Sir Ernest Shackleton, here describes his 1934-1935 journey with a team of young men (average age 23) deep inside the Arctic Circle.