PONTING, Herbert George.
Het eeuwige ijs. De Zuidpool-expeditie van Kapitein Scott. Een verhaal van den laatsten tocht naar de Zuidpool door kapitein Scott en diens tragische einde, benevens een beschrijving van het natuurleven in het eeuwige ijs. Vertaald door M.P.C. de Gruyter.
Amsterdam, J.M. Meulenhoff, (1924). 8vo. Original decorated cloth. With ca. 150 photographic illustrations by H.G. Ponting. 441 pp. First Dutch edition; first published in London in 1921: The great white South: being an account of experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and the nature life of the Antarctic. - Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) was the first professional photographer to accompany an Antarctic expedition. He is best known as the expedition photographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole (1910-1913. - A fine copy. Rosove 251; Spence 925; Conrad p.183; Headland p.249; Stam, Books on ice, p.89-90.

Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
Professional sellerBook number: 3857
€ 49.50 [Appr.: US$ 57.05 | £UK 42.5 | JP¥ 8333]
Keywords: Antarctic Dutch travel Pole travel