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Polar Crean(price 30.00 pounds)Tom Crean antarctic Explorer) ISBN 9781901037197Email us at orders@reardon.biz tell us what book you would like along with postal details and email and we will send you an online invoice which can be paid with a credit card. .This is a first edition case bound hardback, which contains a number of Photographs and maps of Antarctica which appeared with a Tom Crean feature after his death by Dennis Barry. The rest of the book contains photos showing Discovery just fitted out from the News and Views section in the Black and White Budget Magazine 1901, The exploration of the South Pole. The wonders of the coming Discovery as part of Anglo-Germanic Expedition by Sir Henry Leach. Sport in the Antarctic: The games that were played by the Men of the “Discovery” by Bernard C. Carter and Animal Life in the Antarctic by S Kemp |
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The Last days of Ernest Shackleton (Special Limited Edition)(price 65.00 pounds)The Last days of Ernest Shackleton (Special Limited Edition) ISBN 9781901037203
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Limited Edition Signed and Numbered print run of just 150 The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton, is a unique and fully illustrated account of Shackleton's death and burial in South Georgia from the personal point of view of a seaman on the Quest Expedition by the name of George Ross. George joined the Quest Expedition, at a place called Leith Harbour, in South Georgia, with the position donkey-man (a person in charge of a ships engine room) and he explains in detail the daily running of the ship after Shackleton's death as a first hand account from a below decks crew members point of view. Along with George's first hand account the book covers both the funeral arrangements, the Shetland Pallbearers, a short history of Shackleton's Scouts, and the speeches at the unveiling of the Shacketon memorial. This along with over 100s of photos, maps, paintings and drawings of the expedition, crew, ship, Grytviken church, funeral and grave. To finish off the book the book contains an interview with the late Ernest Shackleton where he explains in his own words how his life at sea started and how he would like to be remembered. About the Author Mr. GEORGE HENRY ROSS, was with Shackleton on his 1921-22 expedition to the South Pole. Mr. Ross was one of the last survivors of the ill-fated Shackleton expedition. He was whaling in South Georgia when he joined the ship Quest as a donkeyman. He was born in London and, at the start of an adventurous career, went to sea when he was 14. In 1913 he went to the Shetlands, where two years later he married a Shetland girl. Mr. Ross was one of the first men from the Shetlands to join up at the outbreak of the first world war. He was in the battle of Jutland, and was seriously injured while serving in the Royal Navy. Lumberjack: After that war he went to South Georgia. Between the Shackleton expedition and the second world war he worked as a lumberjack in Canada. Then he joined up again for service in the second war. Two of the ships in which he served as a gunlayer were torpedoed. For a time during the war he was based in Lowestoft. As well as whaling and lumberjacking, the other jobs Mr. Ross tackled including helping in hospitals and fishing. He claimed that there was not a country in the world he had not visited. He travelled round the world eight times. Mr. Ross came to Yarmouth from the Shetlands after the last war with the Scottish herring fleet. His wife, Mrs. Annie Ross, worked for more than 40 years as a fisher girl. Mr. and Mrs. Ross went into the boarding-house business at Yarmouth.
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The Last days of Ernest Shackleton (standard)(price 35.00 pounds)The Last days of Ernest Shackleton ISBN 9781901037210
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The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton, is a unique and fully illustrated account of Shackleton's death and burial in South Georgia from the personal point of view of a seaman on the Quest Expedition by the name of George Ross. George joined the Quest Expedition, at a place called Leith Harbour, in South Georgia, with the position donkey-man (a person in charge of a ships engine room) and he explains in detail the daily running of the ship after Shackleton's death as a first hand account from a below decks crew members point of view. Along with George's first hand account the book covers both the funeral arrangements, the Shetland Pallbearers, a short history of Shackleton's Scouts, and the speeches at the unveiling of the Shacketon memorial. This along with over 100s of photos, maps, paintings and drawings of the expedition, crew, ship, Grytviken church, funeral and grave. To finish off the book the book contains an interview with the late Ernest Shackleton where he explains in his own words how his life at sea started and how he would like to be remembered. About the Author Mr. GEORGE HENRY ROSS, was with Shackleton on his 1921-22 expedition to the South Pole. Mr. Ross was one of the last survivors of the ill-fated Shackleton expedition. He was whaling in South Georgia when he joined the ship Quest as a donkeyman. He was born in London and, at the start of an adventurous career, went to sea when he was 14. In 1913 he went to the Shetlands, where two years later he married a Shetland girl. Mr. Ross was one of the first men from the Shetlands to join up at the outbreak of the first world war. He was in the battle of Jutland, and was seriously injured while serving in the Royal Navy. Lumberjack: After that war he went to South Georgia. Between the Shackleton expedition and the second world war he worked as a lumberjack in Canada. Then he joined up again for service in the second war. Two of the ships in which he served as a gunlayer were torpedoed. For a time during the war he was based in Lowestoft. As well as whaling and lumberjacking, the other jobs Mr. Ross tackled including helping in hospitals and fishing. He claimed that there was not a country in the world he had not visited. He travelled round the world eight times. Mr. Ross came to Yarmouth from the Shetlands after the last war with the Scottish herring fleet. His wife, Mrs. Annie Ross, worked for more than 40 years as a fisher girl. Mr. and Mrs. Ross went into the boarding-house business at Yarmouth.
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Pompey was a Penguin(price 30.00 pounds)Pompey was a Penguin ISBN 9781901037234
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POMPEY returned to his home in the Antarctic in August after an absence of one-and-a-half years. He was one of about twelve thousand Gentoo penguins which lived on three islands, North Island, Middle Island and South Island. This book is a simple account of Pompey's life during the following nine months. He goes swimming among the ice-foes; he fishes for shrimps; he escapes from his arch-enemy, the Leopard Seal; and he meets the charming Jenny who becomes his wife. Together they make a nest and rear two fine, fluffy chicks. It is an accurate description of the life of a Gentoo penguin, made interesting by Mr. Bagshawe's wide knowledge of penguin habits and the conditions in which they live. Before the time comes for the baby penguins to swim away from home, Pompey and Jenny and many of their neighbours have become intimate friends. ]oan Kiddell-Monroe's pictures are accurate and quite outstanding. They help to make a really exceptional book. POMPEY WAS A PENGUIN Author: Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe was born on 18 April 1901 He died on 28 January 1976. He joined the British Expedition to Graham Land, He and his companion spent a year alone in the Antarctic, the smallest and first British party ever to winter in Graham Land. Their base was at a place they called Water-Boat Point, one of the small group of islands off the Danco Coast. Here they lived in the middle of the penguin rookeries, and so had unrivalled opportunities for study. Published works: Two men in the Antarctic. An expedition to Graham Land, 1920-1922 and Pompey was a Penguin 1940
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Fifty Little Ducklings(price 25.00 pounds)The Life and Works of Michael Wilson ISBN 9781901037159
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J. Michael Wilson (1916-1999), Soldier, Medical Doctor, Priest and Academic, may be best known for his often ground-breaking professional achievement, from working with lepers in Ghana to his seminal work in Pastoral Studies. For all his successful accomplishments, however, he thought accolades, titles and qualifications were no more than vain baubles for obituary columns. Becoming a fully human being was, he believed, best manifested in community, through art, poetry, prayer and revelling in the wonders of Nature. Here, finally, is your chance to share a merry dance through his creative life and works…
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The Polar Book(price 35.00 pounds)The Polar Book ISBN 9781901037180
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The Polar Book created as a facsimile of a now very scarce publication for the British Polar Exhibition of 1930 that celebrated the history of Polar discoveries and expeditions of the day. This is the first edition as a case bound hardback, complete with two coloured maps designed by John Bartholomew. This book celebrates Polar discoveries and expeditions, with chapters on the history of Polar discoveries, geophysics, geology, flora and fauna along with equipment needed and used at the time. Contributors: G T Atkinson and H R Mil. The Foreword is by L.C. Bernacchi. Louis Charles Bernacchi (8 November 1876 - 24 April 1942), a physicist and astronomer, is best known for his role in several expeditions to the Antarctic. He joined Carstens Borchgrevink's Southern Cross expedition (1898-1900) which wintered at Cape Adare, Antarctica, joining the expedition in New Zealand after the previous physicist candidate had been rejected on medical grounds. The expedition was the first to spend the winter on the Antarctic continent (the Belgian Antarctic Expedition having been first to overwinter in 1898) and the first to sledge towards the South Pole. He wrote a book about the expedition To the south polar regions: expedition of 1898-1900 published in 1900.
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Like English Gentlemen(price 30.00 pounds)Like English Gentlemen ISBN 9781901037173
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Like English Gentlemen This book tells the tragic true story of the fate of Scott of the Antarctic and his companions on the return trip from the South Pole.It was written anonymously by Sir John Ernest Hodder-Williams, or sir James Matthew Barrie for Scott's son Peter, with the object at the time of raising funds for the child following his father's death.This facsimile has been created from an original 1913 edition, a now scarce work first published in the year of Scott's death during the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-1913.
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Life in the Antarctic(price 20.00 pounds)Life in the Anatrctic ISBN 9781901037166
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LIFE IN THE ANTARCTIC Photographs by the Scottish Antarctic Expedition,. William Bruce’s Voyage of the ‘Scotia’ 1902 – 1904 Antarctic Expedition the illustrations in this little book are all reproductions of genuine photographs from life, taken by the Leader and Staff of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, during the voyage of the ‘Scotia’ 1902 – 1904. Practically all of them are unique, many of the mammals and birds never having been previously photographed. They were taken under conditions of climate which made photography extremely difficult and often impossible. They are not touched up in anyway by the engravers, and may be implicitly relied upon as correct representations of the actual environments of Antarctic mammals and birds. This Facsimile has been created from the original 1907 first edition, each photo professionally scanned
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Nazi Antarctic Exploration(price 24.95 pounds)"Nazi Antarctic Exploration" ISBN 9781901037081
Within the pages of this fully illustrated book you will be able to follow the author's detailed research showing how Hitler escaped war torn Berlin, at the end of the war and able to flee Europe, reaching the relative safety of South America, then on to secret Nazi bases in Antarctica. A phantom convoy of U-boats was used to move Hitler and others to those hidden underground bases built in Antarctica and he describes how these well stocked underground complexes would continue developing weapons and war machines for defence and future world domination, Wunderwaffe weapons according to conspiracy theories are the ones that were used to attack the American fleet during Operation HighJump in 1947 explaining why so many American ships returned damaged.
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Antarctic Exploration(price 29.99 pounds)"Antarctic Exploration" ISBN 9781901037111
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This is just the same as the Nazi Antarctic Exploration but with a different title due to the word Nazi being problematic on social media Within the pages of this fully illustrated book you will be able to follow the author's detailed research showing how Hitler escaped war torn Berlin, at the end of the war and able to flee Europe, reaching the relative safety of South America, then on to secret Nazi bases in Antarctica. A phantom convoy of U-boats was used to move Hitler and others to those hidden underground bases built in Antarctica and he describes how these well stocked underground complexes would continue developing weapons and war machines for defence and future world domination, Wunderwaffe weapons according to conspiracy theories are the ones that were used to attack the American fleet during Operation HighJump in 1947 explaining why so many American ships returned damaged.
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Hitler Est Vivant(price 35.00 pounds)"Hitler Est Vivant" ISBN 9781901037067This famous book dating from 1947 started off all the stories of Hitler in Antarctica the ISBN will be 9781901037067 This wonderful hardback facsimile is of a now rare book published in Paris, France in 1947 in paperback form and written in French by Ladislas Szabo a Hungarian born Argentine living in Argentina at the end of the Second World War. All the stories of Hitler escaping to Germany first started with this book, as it explains in detail how Hitler using a phantom convoy of U-boats was able to flee Europe and reach the relative safety of South America, and then on to Antarctica. This is this book that the Ex Captain of U-Boat 977, Heinz Schaeffer talks about in his 1952 book "U-Boat 977" where he talks about surprisingly discovering that his was one of the ships named to have helped Hitler reach to Antarctica. The book goes on to give details on Nazi underground bases in Antarctica, again from this one book you will see how all the movies showing Hitler and Nazi bases hidden in Antarctica were created even leading up to the later stories and conspiracy theories of the Americans being attacked by Nazi UFOs the Wunderwaffe during Operation HighJump.
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With Scott before the Mast(price 39.99 pounds)"With Scott Before The Mast" ISBN 9781901037555
With Scott: Before the Mast is a unique account that serves as an antidote to this disconectedness. It is no fictional ‘Hornblower’, although it may seem so at times. This is a true story. It presents one man’s account of his part in a great act of derring-do, the assault on the South Pole in 1912. Most records of Captain Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition aboard Terra Nova (1910-1913) are the accounts of officers. With Scott: Before the Mast is the story of Francis Davies, Shipwright, R.N., and Carpenter. The title says it all but may be lost on landlubbers. Before the mast means ‘to serve as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship’. This makes it a rare and hugely important account, presenting a viewpoint from the lower ranks.
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With Scott before the Mast(price 175.00 pounds plus postage)"With Scott Before The Mast" ISBN 9781901037692Hand finished, Leather bound Numbered and signed with slipcase
With Scott: Before the Mast is a unique account that serves as an antidote to this disconectedness. It is no fictional ‘Hornblower’, although it may seem so at times. This is a true story. It presents one man’s account of his part in a great act of derring-do, the assault on the South Pole in 1912. Most records of Captain Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition aboard Terra Nova (1910-1913) are the accounts of officers. With Scott: Before the Mast is the story of Francis Davies, Shipwright, R.N., and Carpenter. The title says it all but may be lost on landlubbers. Before the mast means ‘to serve as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship’. This makes it a rare and hugely important account, presenting a viewpoint from the lower ranks.
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Edward Wilson's Antarctic notebooks(price 39.99 pounds)"Edward Wilson's Antarctic Notebooks" ISBN 9781874192510
Dr. Edward A. Wilson (1872-1912) is widely regarded as one of the finest artists ever to have worked in the Antarctic. Sailing with Captain Scott aboard 'Discovery' (1901-1904), he became the last in a long tradition of 'exploration artists' from an age when pencil and water-colour were the main methods of producing accurate scientific records By David M Wilson and Christopher Wilson |
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Edward Wilson's Antarctic notebooks Special Limited Edition(price 175.00 pounds)"Edward Wilson's Antarctic Notebooks" ISBN 9781874192572
Dr. Edward A. Wilson (1872-1912) is widely regarded as one of the finest artists ever to have worked in the Antarctic. Sailing with Captain Scott aboard 'Discovery' (1901-1904), he became the last in a long tradition of 'exploration artists' from an age when pencil and water-colour were the main methods of producing accurate scientific records By David M Wilson and Christopher Wilson
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The Antarctic Journals of Reginald Skelton(Another little job for the Tinker)(price 39.99 pounds)"The Antarctic Journals of Reginald Skelton" ISBN 1 873877 68 4
With many Pictures from Captain Scott's first Antarctic Expedition by Reginald Skelton who was Chief Engineer and Official Photographer to Captain Scott's Discovery Expedition by Judy Skelton
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The Antarctic Journals of Reginald Skelton Special Limited Edition(Another little job for the Tinker)(price 175.00 pounds)"The Antarctic Journals of Reginald Skelton" ISBN 1 873877 69 2Special 150 Limited Edition, numbered and signed boxed leather book.
With many Pictures from Captain Scott's first Antarctic Expedition by Reginald Skelton who was Chief Engineer and Official Photographer to Captain Scott's Discovery Expedition by Judy Skelton
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Cheltenham in Antarctica(The life of Edward Wilson)(SOLD OUT)Dr Edward Adrian Wilson is one of the best known of Cheltenham's native sons and one of the most widely respected naturalists, artists and explorers from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Despite this, remarkably little has been written about him. In this exciting new work, Dr David M. Wilson, his great nephew, and David B. Elder, a local Cheltenham librarian, have collaborated to produce the first biography of Edward Wilson for many years. It is richly illustrated with photographs and paintings, many of which are being made available to the public for the first time. The book traces the Cheltenham roots of Edward Wilson's extraordinary life, identifies many of the local sights associated with him, and follows him through to his death with Captain Scott on the return from the South Pole in 1912.
144pp. 12 Colour Plates and over 100 black and white illustrations.
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Cheltenham in Antarctica Special Edition(The life of Edward Wilson)(price 40.00 pounds)
Cheltenham in Antarctica: the Life of Edward Wilson has rapidly become a popular title. Amongst the many favourable comments received, there have been numerous requests for a hardback edition. In addition to reprinting the paperback to meet demand, we have therefore produced a special collector's edition of this title. It is numbered, boxed, bound in leather, signed by the authors and limited strictly to 500 copies only. The front of this special edition contains a rare reproduction of the famous portrait of Edward Wilson by A.U.Soord. All together we believe that this is a beautiful book, that everyone will simply enjoy having on their shelf.
144pp. 12 Colour Plates and over 100 black and white illustrations.
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Discovery Illustrated(price 39.99 pounds)"Discovery Illustrated" ISBN 1 873877 48 X Pictures from Captain Scott's first Antarctic Expedition by J.V. Skelton and D.M. Wilson
500 images from one of the great heroic age Antarctic Expeditions with diary quotations from Chief Engineer R.A. Skelton and Dr E.A Wilson all Royalties will be donated to support the work of the Scott Polar Reseach Institute
It is centenary time in the Antarctic. Everyone knows Captain Robert Falcon Scott died on his way back from the South Pole in 1912 but how many people are aware of his earlier, highly successful venture south aboard 'Discovery' from 1901-4? One hundred years later, the story of this first truly scientific expedition to the Antarctic is vividly told in 'Discovery Illustrated', written by descendants of two of Scott's companions, Chief Engineer Reginald Skelton and Dr Edward Wilson. Judy Skelton and David Wilson have used the expedition's original photographs, paintings and drawings, together with extracts from their forebears' journals, to give the reader an experience of this voyage of exploration as close as possible to that of the men who were there. Their scientific achievements were truly remarkable. The members of the expedition were the first men to travel any distance into the interior of the Antarctic continent, surveying and making meticulous geographical observations as they battled to survive the hostile elements. They also studied and recorded the geology and the flora and fauna, discovering huge numbers of new species, and took copious, magnetic, meteorological and gravitational measurements. Stories of football on the ice - with the enthusiastic participation of a penguin - musical and theatrical entertainments, as well as 'The South Polar Times', 'Discovery's' winter magazine, amply illustrate the lighter side of expedition life.
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Nimrod Illustrated(price 39.99 pounds)"NIMROD ILLUSTRATED" ISBN 9781873877906 (Pictures from Lieutenant Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition (Hardcover) by D.M. Wilson
To celebrate the centenary of one of the most exciting expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration comes "Nimrod Illustrated". The book is a remarkable collage of expedition photographs, paintings and ephemera in a deliberate reminiscence of the expedition scrapbooks kept by so many of the expedition participants at the time. Many of the images are rarely seen, if ever before published, whilst others are better known.Together with quotations from the diaries of expedition participants, they tell the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 which saw the first use of ponies and motor cars in the Antarctic; achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus; achieved the first attainment of the South Magnetic Pole; and, took Shackleton within 100 miles of the South Geographic Pole to attain a dramatic new 'Farthest South' record. This was the expedition that made Shackleton's name as an explorer and for which he was awarded his knighthood. Edited by Dr. D. M. Wilson, "Nimrod Illustrated" is a treat for anyone interested in Shackleton, the Antarctic, polar exploration or the atmosphere of the Edwardian age. It is a part of the well regarded series commenced with "Discovery Illustrated: Pictures from Captain Scott's First Antarctic Expedition" (2001).
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Nimrod Illustrated(price 175.00 pounds plus postage)"NIMROD ILLUSTRATED" ISBN 9781873877913(Pictures from Lieutenant Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition (signed Leather Bound Limited edition)(Hardcover) Hand finished, Leather bound Numbered and signed with slipcase by D.M. Wilson
To celebrate the centenary of one of the most exciting expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration comes "Nimrod Illustrated". The book is a remarkable collage of expedition photographs, paintings and ephemera in a deliberate reminiscence of the expedition scrapbooks kept by so many of the expedition participants at the time. Many of the images are rarely seen, if ever before published, whilst others are better known.Together with quotations from the diaries of expedition participants, they tell the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 which saw the first use of ponies and motor cars in the Antarctic; achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus; achieved the first attainment of the South Magnetic Pole; and, took Shackleton within 100 miles of the South Geographic Pole to attain a dramatic new 'Farthest South' record. This was the expedition that made Shackleton's name as an explorer and for which he was awarded his knighthood. Edited by Dr. D. M. Wilson, "Nimrod Illustrated" is a treat for anyone interested in Shackleton, the Antarctic, polar exploration or the atmosphere of the Edwardian age. It is a part of the well regarded series commenced with "Discovery Illustrated: Pictures from Captain Scott's First Antarctic Expedition" (2001).
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Songs of the Morning (Music CD)(price 14.99 pounds plus postage )The Songs of the ‘MORNING’: A Musical SketchISMN M9002068 0 0 ISBN 1 873877 52 8
Music and poems from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration as composed during the Relief Voyage to the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Music by Lieut. G.S.Doorly, Lyrics by Chief Engineer Morrison and other officers, including Ernest Shackleton. Roger Wilson (baritone); Gillian Bibby (piano); Grant Tilly (narrator); Peter Vere-Jones & Charles Wilson (recitants); With The Morning Glories A host of New Zealand’s best musicians and actors have generously collaborated to produce this recording to mark the centenary of the voyage of the ‘Morning’ to relieve Captain Scott and company aboard ‘Discovery’ in 1902. This is the first time that the famous ‘Songs of the Morning’ have been released on CD. Roger Wilson is a grandson of Lieut. Doorly and is one of New Zealand’s best known opera and concert singers. Grant Tilly and Peter Vere-Jones are two of New Zealand’s most distinguished and accomplished actors. The royalties from this recording will be divided between the Dundee Heritage Trust’s “Antarctica 100 ‘Discovery’ Restoration Fund”, for work on the restoration of ‘Discovery’ at her current home in Dundee; and the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust for preservation work on the Expedition Hut and its contents.
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Dog Days on Ice(Antarctic Exploration in a Golden Era)(price 14.99 pounds plus postage)' I surveyed the grey hair and balding heads, the lined faces, the stooped or halting walk of some, and the old protest song came to mind: “Where have all the young men gone?” It was October 2006 and the British Antarctic Survey Club was celebrating fifty years of “Halley”, the remote research base on the Antarctic continent. Along with four hundred other ex-Halley residents, I went along to the two day bun fight and chin wag noting the somewhat more luxurious accommodation than we had ever experienced “down south”. It was a wonderful gathering, meeting near forgotten friends, updating about what’s happening in the twenty first century (that made us 1960s boys feel old!), but above all the inevitable reminiscences. As I listened and related my own stories, and particularly as I surveyed those ageing friends, I realised that in all too few years, an exciting and fascinating period of British exploration was to be forgotten. True, there is an extensive archive at the British Antarctic Survey offices in Cambridge, but virtually all of this consists of formal reports; little is recorded about day to day living at Halley, of the now extinct experience of working with dogs, of camping on long expeditions, of the cold, of how it all affected the men who lived there. My own time and work at Halley built on the efforts and dedication of those who established and maintained the base in the years before our cohort arrived; and particularly on those who undertook the many early field trips. I was destined and privileged to work with the huskies, those lovely animals that featured prominently in explorations at Halley for scarcely a decade. From the humble beginnings of “Stumpy”, the base pet in 1958, an importing and breeding programme was started in 1962 that produced a peak of 69 animals (adults and pups) in 1968 but by 1972 huskies had been internationally declared an “alien species” and should be discontinued. I leave it to the reader to imagine what discontinued meant. A couple of dogs, demoted once more to base pet status, managed to survive the decade but the great days of dog travel were over. That other alien species “man” with his increasingly polluting tractors and aircraft was however deemed essential, but one is left whimsically wondering how many billion husky farts equals one minute of a jet engine exhaust!
The 1960s were I believe the golden age of exploratory expeditions undertaken by the British Antarctic Survey and this book presents a personal account of an amazing, exciting and life changing experience.
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