BORCHGREVINK, C.E.

First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an account of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900. With a new introduction by Tore Gjelsvik.

Montreal. McGill-Queen's University Press. 1980. 21.5cm, (Facsimile of London, 1901). xvi,vii, 333p. frontis and 186 illustrations, (inc. portraits), and 3 rear folding maps, blue cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, fine. (ar). Item #42874

Account of the `Southern Cross' expedition financed by Sir George Newnes, notable for the foundation of Camp Ridley at Cape Adair and the subsequent first ever wintering of an expedition on the Antarctic mainland.

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