Vast, remote and otherworldly, Antarctica is the last uncharted territory on Earth and Michael Parfit is one of the few writers ever to have spent a full season there. He travelled by plane, icebreaker and research vessel to icy places both known and unknown and this account of his travels, describes those places and the people and animals he encountered. Michael Parfit is also the author of "The Boys Behind the Bombs" and "Last Stand at Rosebud Creek".
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Vast, remote and otherworldly, Antarctica is the last uncharted territory on Earth and Michael Parfit is one of the few writers ever to have spent a full season there. He travelled by plane, icebreaker and research vessel to icy places both known and unknown and this account of his travels, describes those places and the people and animals he encountered. Michael Parfit is also the author of "The Boys Behind the Bombs" and "Last Stand at Rosebud Creek".
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Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. 1st UK Edition; 306 pages, map frontispiece. Orignal covers in unclipped dust jacket. Previous owners signature on front end paper, contents clean. From the dust jacket flap "Michael Parfit....spent a full season in Antarctica, traveled by plane, ice-breaker, and research vessel to known and unknown places". Antarctica is the last uncharted territory....Heaped with the most generous praise upon its American publication, South Light is an outstanding work of travel writing." This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0747501343. ISBN/EAN: 9780747501343. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3618.
