Author: A. R. Glen; N. A. C. Croft
Title: Under the Pole Star: The Oxford University Arctic Expedition 1935-1936
Description: London, Methuen Publishers, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this travel account of the Oxford University expedition to the Polar regions of 1935 to 1936. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-seven plates, seventeen maps, four diagrams in text, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. Retracing the Arctic expedition undertaken by Oxford University in 1935 and 1936, detailing the interactions between the crew members and and the effects of the changing environment upon them both individually and collectively. With descriptions of the arctic land, in winter and in summer as well as during the day and night. Includes two appendixes and an index. Written by Sir Alexander Richard Glen, a Scottish explorer of the Arctic, and wartime intelligence officer. Assisted by Colonel Noel Andrew Cotton Croft, an English explorer who participated in several Arctic expeditions and later became a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light scattered spotting to the endpapers and the fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Under Pole Star Oxford University Pole Glen Croft Not Stated


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