In the Antarctic; Stories of Scott's "Last Expedition

London: John Murray, 1952. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [8x5.5in]; [viii], 146 pp., pen and ink illustrations throughout; Cream-white boards with with debossed blue snow flake patterns and blue lettering on spine, cartographic end papers; Dark turquoise dust wrapper with brown and white lettering and brown images on front cover and spine, narrative on back covers of brown lettering on white background; Binding toned with minor shelf wear and illustrative school bookplate on front end paper with faded inscription; Dust jacket with chips at corners and top and bottom of spine. [Rosove 90.A1, Spence, Howgego S13]. Frank Debenham (1883-1965) was an Antarctic explorer, geologist, professor and first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in Cambridge. Born in Australia, he studied geology under Sir Edgeworth David, noted geologist and Antarctic explorer, and participated in Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13). As one of the geologists of the expedition, he explored and mapped the western mountains in Victoria Land. As the cofounders of the SPRI, over the years, he and other former Antarctic explorers grew the Institute into the premier center of polar studies.

This book is a collection of remembrances of the author on the lighter and personal stories of Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole (1910-1912), which ended in tragedy for the polar team. Debenham was the last member to write about the expedition and includes tributes to Edward Wilson, who also died with Scott returning from the pole. An important work describing life during the expedition and is similar to Murray's Antarctic Days from the 1907-09 Shackleton expedition. Debenham went on to write many other related Antarctic books.