ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC: The Technique of Polar Travel

W. Heffer and Sons, Cambridge, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Signed by person(s) connected with book. 1st Edition: Association Copy SIGNED W. Lancelot S Fleming H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth on half title. xii,125 pages, illustrated b/w photos, drawings in text, map end papers. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Covers faded, spine sunned, edges bumped,fraying. Dust jacket grubby, contents clean. The author was zoologist with the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-7, and later became director of the Scott Polar Institute. Lancelot Fleming was Geologist, Chaplain and photographer on Rymills BGL Expedition along with Bertram. Later he was appointed the Queens domestic Chaplain and the Dean of Windsor. William Lancelot S Fleming: On the outbreak of war he became a chaplain in the RNVR and served on the Battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth. He piloted a bill (the Antarctic treaty) through the House of Lords. Well informed on environmental and ecological issues (he was a pre-war glaciologist of repute), he constantly urged responsible stewardship of the world (his maiden speech in the House of Lords was about cruelty to whales), and the need for international co-operation. He became vice-chairman (1969–71) of the parliamentary group for world government, and a member of the government Standing Advisory Committee on Environmental Pollution (1970–73). This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Signed by person(s) connected with book. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1397. .