TRIAL BY ICE : THE ANTARCTIC JOURNALS OF JOHN KING DAVIS
by Davis, John King and Louise Crossley (Editor)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1852970472
- ISBN 13
- 9781852970475
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About This Item
Bluntisham, UK: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Large octavo, 7.5 x 10 in., pp. vi + 203. Illustrated with thirty-six black and white photographs. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Endpaper maps. Protected in mylar. "John King Davis was born in London in 1884. He was educated at London and Burford Grammar School in Oxfordshire and at the age of sixteen he signed on as an apprentice in the Liverpool sailing ship Celtic Chief.
Davis joined the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton), as chief officer of Nimrod and received his first command when he succeeded Frederick Pryce Evans as captain on the return voyage. He was then invited to serve as second in command on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 (leader Douglas Mawson), and was captain of the expedition ship Aurora. On this expedition he made three summer voyages of relief and exploration as well as oceanographic cruises between Tasmania and East Antarctica.
After becoming involved in the First World War, Davis led the British Relief Expedition, 1917, organized to rescue the survivors of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, [Ross Sea Party], 1914-1917 (Captains Mackintosh and Stenhouse). In 1920, he became the Director of Navigation for the Commonwealth of Australia and held this post until 1949.
His distinguished career also included a period from 1929 to 1930 as captain of Discovery and second in command during the first summer of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. He died in Australia on 7 May 1967." (from JISC Archives, UK).
Davis joined the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton), as chief officer of Nimrod and received his first command when he succeeded Frederick Pryce Evans as captain on the return voyage. He was then invited to serve as second in command on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 (leader Douglas Mawson), and was captain of the expedition ship Aurora. On this expedition he made three summer voyages of relief and exploration as well as oceanographic cruises between Tasmania and East Antarctica.
After becoming involved in the First World War, Davis led the British Relief Expedition, 1917, organized to rescue the survivors of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, [Ross Sea Party], 1914-1917 (Captains Mackintosh and Stenhouse). In 1920, he became the Director of Navigation for the Commonwealth of Australia and held this post until 1949.
His distinguished career also included a period from 1929 to 1930 as captain of Discovery and second in command during the first summer of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. He died in Australia on 7 May 1967." (from JISC Archives, UK).
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85768
- Title
- TRIAL BY ICE : THE ANTARCTIC JOURNALS OF JOHN KING DAVIS
- Author
- Davis, John King and Louise Crossley (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine / Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1852970472
- ISBN 13
- 9781852970475
- Publisher
- Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press
- Place of Publication
- Bluntisham, UK
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- South Pole expedition, Antarctic exploration, Travel and Exploration
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