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EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC: NATURALIST AND FRIEND

by George Seaver; Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Published by John Murray. 1948

Very good condition. Polar icon, doctor and naturalist, who died with Scott on the return home from the 'Terra Nova' ill-starred expedition to the South Pole. Includes a Memoir of Oriana Wilson. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cheap Edition. Grey cloth boards, blue title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. xxxiv and 310 pages including index.

Spine cocked and lightly browned. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, contents generally clean.

Stock no. 1830946

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Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
  • FOREWORD
  • I EARLY YEARS AND CHELTENHAM COLLEGE
  • II CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
  • III ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL AND LIFE AT BATTERSEA
  • IV. NORWAY AND SWITZERLAND
  • V FROM LIFE AT STANMORE TO MARRIAGE
  • THE "DISCOVERY" EXPEDITION
  • VI THE VOYAGE OUT
  • VII THE FIRST WINTER
  • VIII FARTHEST SOUTH
  • IX THE SECOND WINTER
  • X RELIEF AND RETURN
  • XI GROUSE DISEASE: BRITISH MAMMALS AND BIRDS
  • XII SOME ANTARTIC CORRESPONDENCE
  • XIII WHALING EXPEDITION
  • THE LAST EXPEDITION
  • XIV THE VOYAGE OUT
  • XV THE DEPOT JOURNEY
  • XVI WINTER QUARTERS
  • XVII THE WINTER JOURNEY
  • XVIII THE POLAR JOURNEY
  • 1. PREPARATIONS
  • 2. TO THE POLE
  • 3. THE LAST JOURNEY
  • LAST LETTERS OF DR WILSON
  • ORIANA FANNY WILSON
  • INDEX

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