Antarctica and the South Atlantic

London: British Broadcasting Company, 1985. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. An excellent first edition based on the author's extensive travels upon the HMS Endurance, richly illustrated throughout the text and presented in a fantastic dust wrapper. This work describes the author's journey aboard the HMS Endurance, named for Shackleton's doomed vessel, as well as examining the Falkland Islands.The first edition of this work, illustrated throughout.Complete with the excellent unclipped dust wrapper.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with just the slightest wear to the extremities. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, with the slightest wear to the tail of the spine. Ownership bookplate to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine