{"product_id":"sir-hubert-wilkins-his-world-of-adventure-by-lowell-thomas-1963","title":"SIR HUBERT WILKINS: His World of Adventure by Lowell Thomas 1963","description":"\u003cp\u003eSIR HUBERT WILKINS: His World of Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Lowell Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Readers Book Club 1963\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 135 w x 190 h x 25 d \u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 247\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2508\/0635\/B928\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nBiography of Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958), an Australian, was one of the last great heroes of the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration in the early 1900's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe was a member of the Shackleton's last expedition to study the Southern Ocean as an ornithologist (The Shackleton-Rowett expedition on the Quest 1920-22). In 1926 and 1928, Wilkins commanded the Wilkins-Detroit Arctic expeditions to conduct flights with Carl Ben Eielson to explore drift ice and make the first Trans-Arctic flight from Point Barrow to Spitsbergen. For this, and his other achievements, he was knighted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellent with only wear\/repairs on dust jacket, marks on on end papers and page edges, no stamps or inscriptions. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce locally\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452268953892,"sku":null,"price":42.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2237734809.jpg?v=1784226581","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/sir-hubert-wilkins-his-world-of-adventure-by-lowell-thomas-1963","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}