THREE GOT THROUGH: Memoirs of an Arctic explorer

The Falcon Press, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 1st Edition: 262 pages, illustrated, 16 b/w photographs, 3 maps. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear. dust jacket, faded, nibbled, contents clean. Autobiographical account of the Gino Watkins Arctic Air Route expedition and the story of three men who made a record Arctic journey of 1200 miles reaching the coast after 103 days sledging with two and a half days food in hand. Sir Martin Alexander Lindsay, 1st Baronet, CBE, DSO (22 August 1905 to 5 May 1981) was a British army officer and explorer. He came to fame in the 1930s leading a succession of expeditions to Greenland, and later went into politics; he was elected as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament after the Second World War. In 1930 he was appointed Surveyor to the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition to Greenland, led by Gino Watkins. Lindsay later wrote up his experiences in a book called "Those Greenland Days" (1932), paying tribute to Watkins' team building. He was awarded the King's Polar Medal for the success of the expedition. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2407. .