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OF DOGS AND MEN. Fifty years in the Antarctic. The Illustrated Story of the Dogs of the British Antarctic Survey 1944-1994. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
by Walton, K & Atkinson, R
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- ISBN 10
- 189781755X
- ISBN 13
- 9781897817551
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Images Publishing (Malvern), England, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1st Edition; Hardcover. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales,190 pages, beautifully illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and diagrams throughout. Original blue cloth gilt with silver titling to spine in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Appears unread, contents clean. The removal of dogs from the Antarctic followed an amendment to the Antarctic Treaty in 1991. Environmentalists concerned that the distemper-like virus which had affected the seal population in the North Sea may be linked to dogs, pressed for this change. (Subsequently the Antarctic dogs were proven to be distemper free). The whole story: from collecting the dogs and shipping them down from Greenland and Labrador; through developing aspects of training, feeding, breeding and travel; to the advent of motorised vehicles, the phasing out of dogs and the final journey that took them to new homes in Canada. The book includes contributions from some fifty of Antarctica's explorers and scientists, and over 150 superb colour photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 189781755X. ISBN/EAN: 9781897817551. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 30. . 9781897817551
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- OF DOGS AND MEN. Fifty years in the Antarctic. The Illustrated Story of the Dogs of the British Antarctic Survey 1944-1994. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
- Author
- Walton, K & Atkinson, R
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 189781755X
- ISBN 13
- 9781897817551
- Publisher
- Images Publishing (Malvern)
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BZDB349 BAS, FIDS, Huskies, Antarctic Book, Polar Book, Sledging, Exploration, Expedition polar books antarctic book arctic book Artic/Arctic, Antartic/Antarctic Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 189781755X EAN: 9781897817551 Walton
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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