Edward Wilson of the Antarctic

John Murray, London, 1939. Colonial Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket (as issued). Second impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 301 pages. Text contains minor marks and annotations on front endpaper. A newspaper clipping related to this edition and dated Oct 1940 is also attached.. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Dr. Edward Wilson (1872-1912) was an influential figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, being chiefly remembered today as the artistic scientist who died with Captain Scott. A principal aim of the expedition was to reach the South Pole, which no one had ever done before. Wilson was one of five men chosen to make the journey. They set out from the Antarctic coast in November 1911, and arrived at the Pole on 17 January 1912. Their journey back was dogged by terrible weather, food and fuel shortages, and sickness. By mid-March, two of the party had died, and the remaining three, including Wilson, were marooned in their tent by a nine-day blizzard. There they died, during the last days of March 1912, their bodies being discovered eight months later, on 12 November 1912. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Adventure, Survival, Exploration; Britain/UK; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7382. .