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In an age when it is fashionable to forget the achievements of the great explorers of the heroic age, comes the timely rebirth of this legendary book, penned by a band of brave British men whose wit and wisdom blazes like a sun beside today¿s lesser stars. In 1907 Ernest Shackleton led the Nimrod Expedition to Antarctica. He established a base camp at Cape Royds on Ross Island and built a wooden hut to serve as headquarters. Because of his prior experience with Robert Scott¿s first expedition, Shackleton knew the sunless winter months spent in these cramped quarters would test the morale of his men, so he set several of them to work writing and printing the first book ever produced on the Antarctic continent. Containing fact, fiction, humour, prose and poetry, Aurora Australis, is one of the most extraordinary travel books ever written. It contains stories about the Antarctic wildlife, describes the harsh conditions suffered by the explorers and recounts their journey to the top of Mount Erebus, a nearby active volcano surrounded by ice. An estimated one hundred copies were originally ¿Printed at the Sign of the Penguin¿ by these gifted authors, the result of which is a unique symbol of the heroic age of exploration. Because of its rarity a first edition of Aurora Australis recently sold for more than $100,000. This special edition is being produced in an effort to raise awareness of the need to conserve the four huts used by the British explorers, along with the remarkable memorabilia and icebound supplies preserved within their frozen walls. Having endured nearly a century of harsh weather, these huts still symbolise the nobler aspects of human nature which took these talented and brave men to Antarctica. The buildings are now considered to be some of the most endangered historic structures in the world.
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- PublisherAirlife Publishing
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 1853100609
- ISBN 13 9781853100604
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages212
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1988. 1988 edition, a facsimile ot the book first published in an edition of fewer than 100 copies in a hut in Antarctica. Documents Shackleton's second Antarctic expedition 1908-09. With black and white illustrations, one in color. Brown hardcover with dustjacket. The book is in near fine condition with light rubs to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also about fine, no chips or tears. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 047608
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AURORA AUSTRALIS. From Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 (edition 1988, hardcover)
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Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Airlife Publishing Ltd., England, 1988. Texto en inglés. Ilustraciones b/n y color. 200 pp. aprox. 26 x 20. Viajes. Expediciones. Polo Norte. Tela editorial tapa dura con sobrecubierta de editorial ilustrada + sobrecubierta plástico transparente de editorial. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Buen estado de conservación. ISBN: 1853100609. Seller Inventory # 059135
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