POLAR EXPLORATION.

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The Polar Book. First edition of this survey of polar exploration and science, issued in conjunction with the British Polar Exhibition of 1930, an event organised to support the recently established Scott Polar Research Institute. Edited by the Antarctic explorer Louis Bernacchi, the volume gathers contributions from prominent polar figures including Frank Debenham, first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, and James Mann Wordie, polar explorer and geologist, covering subjects such as the history of polar discovery, geophysics, whaling, polar biology, and the provisioning of sledge expeditions.

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