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[Shackleton]. Shackleton Endurance Map T-Shirt - XX-Large
Beige, 100% cotton, preshrunk, long-sleeve, unisex adult size XX-Large; new #27751 $19.95
The famous image on the front of this t-shirt shows Sir Ernest Shackleton and a portion of the crew of his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launching their lifeboat James Caird from Elephant Island. Below ths image is the text “Shackleton’s Great Open Boat Journey”. The back of the shirt is a c[read more]
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[Shackleton]. Shackleton Endurance Ship at Night T-Shirt - Extra Large (OUT OF STOCK, MAY BE BACKORDERED)
Black, 100% cotton, short-sleeve, unisex adult size Extra Large; new #25470 $19.95
The image of the ship Endurance held fast in the ice of the Weddell Sea is one of the most famous and enduring of the photographs to come out of Shackleton's expedition. On the back of this shirt is the quote: "For speed and efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen. For scientific discovery, give me[read more]
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[Shackleton]. Shackleton Endurance Ship at Night T-Shirt - Large (OUT OF STOCK, MAY BE BACKORDERED)
Black, 100% cotton, short-sleeve, unisex adult size Large; new #25423 $19.95
The image of the ship Endurance held fast in the ice of the Weddell Sea is one of the most famous and enduring of the photographs to come out of Shackleton's expedition. On the back of this shirt is the quote: "For speed and efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen. For scientific discovery, give me[read more]
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[Shackleton]. Shackleton Endurance Ship at Night T-Shirt - Medium (OUT OF STOCK, MAY BE BACKORDERED)
Black, 100% cotton, short-sleeve, unisex adult size Medium; new #25560 $19.95
The image of the ship Endurance held fast in the ice of the Weddell Sea is one of the most famous and enduring of the photographs to come out of Shackleton's expedition. On the back of this shirt is the quote: "For speed and efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen. For scientific discovery, give me[read more]
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[Shackleton]. Shackleton Endurance Ship at Night T-Shirt - Small
Black, 100% cotton, short-sleeve, unisex adult size Small; new #25695 $19.95
The image of the ship Endurance held fast in the ice of the Weddell Sea is one of the most famous and enduring of the photographs to come out of Shackleton's expedition. On the back of this shirt is the quote: "For speed and efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen. For scientific discovery, give me[read more]
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[Shackleton]. Shackleton Endurance Ship at Night T-Shirt - XX-Large
Black, 100% cotton, short-sleeve, unisex adult size XX-Large; new #25696 $19.95
The image of the ship Endurance held fast in the ice of the Weddell Sea is one of the most famous and enduring of the photographs to come out of Shackleton's expedition. On the back of this shirt is the quote: "For speed and efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen. For scientific discovery, give me[read more]
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Abramson, Howard S. Hero In Disgrace: The Life of Arctic Explorer Frederick A. Cook
1991 Paragon House NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xix, 250, 23 bw photos, map, green/white cloth; dj rubbed, vg, cloth fine. #14438 $27.00
The author asserts Cook did reach the North Pole, as well as the summit of McKinley.[read more]
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 Allen, Everett S. Arctic Odyssey: The Life of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan
1962 Dodd, Mead NY 1st, 8vo, pp.viii, 340, 36 bw photos, 2 maps, map eps, blue cloth; inscribed, dj w/ edge tears, rubbed, unclipped, vg-, cloth w/ address stamp of Dr. Harrison E. Kennard, tight, fine #16757 $25.00
Biography of MacMillan, noted Arctic expedition leader, explorer and naturalist, and his expeditions to Labrador, Greenland, Ellsmere, Baffin, and the Canadian Arctic Islands (1908-1957). This copy is inscribed by MacMillan to Dr. Harrison E. Kennard, former president of the Harvard Mountaineering C[read more]
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American Polar Society The Polar Times - Fall-Winter 2001, vol 2, #18
2001 American Polar Society US 4to, pp.31, 1 color centerfold & many bw photos, illus, maps, wraps; new #22363 $4.00
A great resource for those interested in Arctic and Antarctic exploration, history, research, and current events. This is published twice yearly.[read more]
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Amundsen, Roald Expedition to the South Pole
2017 NH Ltd ed 100, 4to, pp.13, 2 color & 1 bw photos, wraps; new #27310 $17.95
Produced as a special keepsake for the SouthPole-sium v.3 held in Norway in 2017. This is a transcript of a lecture delivered by Amundsen to the Berlin Geographical Society on October 9, 1912 in which he describes the journey to the pole and back. The lecture was printed in the Annual Report of the [read more]
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Amundsen, Roald My Life as an Explorer
1927 Doubleday, Page NY 1st, 8vo, pp.282, photo frontis, sketch, 2 maps, appendix, top edge yellow, medium blue cloth; cloth rubbed, name, some pencil notations, very good+ #9003 $65.00
Amundsen’s autobiography published one year before his death while searching for the dirigible Italia. In this he covers his early years, the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-99), the Northwest Passage in the ship Gjøa (1903-06), the South Pole (1910-12), the Northeast Passage in the ship Maud (19[read more]
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Amundsen, Roald The Northwest Passage: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Gjöa” 1903-1907 by… with a Supplement by First Lieutenant Hansen
1908 Dutton NY 1st, 8vo, 2 vol, vI pp.xiii, 335, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 69 bw illus, color fldg map in pocket, vII pp.ix, 397, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 70 bw illus, color fldg map in pocket, teg, gilt-lettered spines & covers, black cloth; cloth w/ light wear, 2 bookplates in ea vol, vI fldg map w/ 2.5” tear, tight, fine #26719 $695.00
Account of the voyage of Amundsen’s ship Gjöa which made the first complete passage through the Northwest Passage. Amundsen and his crew of six were frozen in for two winters off King William Island and spent the time undertaking sledge journeys to determine the location of the North Magnetic Pole. [read more]
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Amundsen, Roald The Roald Amundsen Diaries: The South Pole Expedition 1910-12
2010 Norway 1st, 8vo, pp.411, 46 color & 212 bw photos, 3 color & 7 bw illus, 6 maps, illus eps, wraps; new #25628 $44.95
Amundsen’s daily diaries, written from the moment the South Pole Expedition left Norway until the telegram of their success, and never intended for publication, are now available in English for the first time, almost a 100 years after they were written. Some of the contents will be known to readers[read more]
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Amundsen, Roald The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 1910-1912
1913 Lee Keedick NY 1st ed, thick 8vo, 2 vol, vI pp.xxxv, 392, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 81 bw illus, fldg plan, 2 maps (1 fldg); vII pp.x, 449, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 52 bw illus, 20 maps/charts (1 fldg), appendices, teg, gilt-letter spine & covers, blue cloth; cloth bright, faint sign of former labels on ffep both vols, maps w/ orig folds & no tears, tight, fine #26720 $1,950.00
Amundsen's classic account of the discovery of the South Pole in 1911. This was published in the UK three months before word of Capt. Scott’s death became known. A classic work in the annals of polar literature. This nice set includes the oft-missing folding plan of the Fram.
Conrad p.156, Renard[read more]
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Amundsen, Roald & Lincoln Ellsworth First Crossing of the Polar Sea
1927 Doran NY 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 324, photo frontis, 32 bw photos, fldg map, fore-edge uncut, embossed cover, blue cloth; cloth w/ light corner wear, tight, very good #25765 $125.00
In 1926 Amundsen and 15 others, including Ellsworth and Riiser-Larsen from his flight the previous year, took two days to make the first crossing of the Arctic Sea, via the North Pole, in the airship Norge. Norge was designed by Umberto Nobile who Amundsen would die searching for in 1928. With the[read more]
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Anderson, W. Ellery Expedition South
1957 Evans London 1st, 8vo, pp.208, photo frontis, 31 bw photos, appendices, map eps, blue cloth; cloth rubbed, tight, vg #27626 $9.95
Anderson applied to join an expedition to the Falkland Islands Dependencies within the Antarctic as a means of satisfying a life-long personal ambition and of re-orientating himself after 14years as a regular Army officer - the last three of which had been spent as a leader of guerrilla forces opera[read more]
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Antarctic SPRI 2014 Christmas Card – Endurance Rigging
2014 SPRI UK bw photo image, 4” x 5.75”, text ‘Seasons Greetings’ on inside, w/ envelope; new #26970 $1.95
The rigging of the ship Endurance encrusted with rime, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17. Leader: Ernest Shackleton, Photographer: Frank Hurley[read more]
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Antarctic. 1998 Belgica Expedition Centennial Celebration Postcard
1998 photo of expedition leader Adrian de Gerlache & commemorative stamp; new. #18942 $12.00
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Antarctic. 1998 Belgica Expedition Centennial Celebration Postcard
1998 photo of expedition zoologist and botanist Emil Racovita & commemorative stamp; new. #18943 $12.00
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Arctic The Arctic Council, 1851
SPRI UK bw photo image, 6.5” x 4.5”, key plate to the engraving on inside, w/ envelope; new #26969 $1.95
Stephen Pearce’s famous painting of ‘The Arctic Council Planning a Search for Sir John Franklin’, painted in 1851, features John Franklin, James Fitzjames, John Barrow, George Back, William Edward Parry, Edward Bird, James Clark Ross, Francis Beaufort, Edward Sabine, W. A. Baille Hamilton, John Rich[read more]
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