The Antarctic book : winter quarters 1907-1909

By

Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922
Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
Marston, George.
British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, William Heinemann, 1909

Notes

Constitutes v. [3] of E. Shackleton's The heart of the Antarctic. London, 1909.

300 copies printed by Ballantyne and Company.

Signed by each member of the shore party.

Signatures: ab-g.

The first leaf and the final page are blank.

With six leaves of etchings, two signed: George Marston.

Some of the contents was first published in: Aurora australis. Antarctica, 1908. Cf. Goodwin, M.P. "The first book printed in the Antarctic" in Terra (Los Angeles, Calif.), v. 18, no. 3 ([1978]), p. 14-23.

Contents: Erebus, a poem. By E.H. Shackleton.--Aurora Australis, a poem. By E.H. Shackleton.--Bathybia, or What might have been at the south pole. By D. Mawson.

Subjects

Antarctica , British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909) , Fantasy fiction , In art

BHL Collections

Antarctic Exploration & Discovery

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.30175
OCLC: 3556360