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Title The Antarctic book : winter quarters 1907-1909 / George Marston, Ernest Henry Shackleton, Douglas Mawson.

Publication Info. London : William Heinemann, 1909.

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Description 1 online resource (52 pages).
Series Sir Ernest Shackleton anthology
Sir Ernest Shackleton anthology.
BiblioBoard Core module.
Note 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.
Original document: Book.
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.
Summary This book contains a collection of sketches, drawings, poems and essays written by various members of the crew of the Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909. The first page of this book includes a list of signatures from those explorers participating in the expedition, including the famous Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)
Fantasy fiction -- Antarctica.
Antarctica.
Antarctica -- In art.
Added Author Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.
Mawson, Douglas, 1882-1958.
Marston, George.
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951. Associated name. CU-BANC
James Ballantyne and Co. (1909) Book producer. CU-BANC
British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)
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