Author: Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor
Title: Polar Record: A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research. Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Volume 41, Number 219, October 2005
Description: Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 2005. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 2005. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is bumped with some light creasing to the rear wrap. Pages 281-376 plus inside wraps. Black-and-white illustrations, maps & diagrams. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are "Pioneer Whalers in the Ross Sea, 1923-33. William Barr and James P. C. Watt"; "The men who sailed with Franklin"; and "Nelson and the bear: the making of an Arctic myth", illustrated with historical depictions of encounters between men and polar bears. Very good .

Keywords: TRAVEL & EXPLORATION; HISTORY; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH; JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH, EDITOR; PIONEER WHALERS; WILLIAM BARR; JAMES P.

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