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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561374060836 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR690 (265) |
| Category: |
Antarctica & Arctic Aviation: Civil Aircraft / Airlines / Airports |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
CHALLENGE TO THE POLES: Highlights of Arctic and Antarctic Aviation
by John Grierson
foreword by Charles A. Lindberg
DESCRIPTION
Format: medium hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Archon Books 1964, 1st edition
Size (mm): 150 w x 225 h x 50 d
Pages: 695
SKU: A5/2407/0613/B910
ABOUT
The author is an experienced pilot who has flown in the Arctic and Antarctic.
He has has forced landed in and been lost in Greenland and endured many of the perils he describes in connection with other polar aviators. As Charles Lindbergh says in his introduction "Such experiences have let him take part with his bones, as well as with his brain, in the adventures of others which he has studied and herein so well relates."
Illustrated throughout with monochrome plates and images.
CONDITION
First image for illustrative purposes only—not actual item.
Immaculate with only light wear/damage on dust jacket and page edges, faint marks on end papers, no stamps or inscriptions. Images depict all need to know detail.
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