Sir James Wordie : polar crusader : exploring the Arctic and Antarctic
Smith, Michael2004
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Sir James Mann Wordie, born in Glasgow in 1889, was the elder statesman of polar exploration - the link between the heroic Edwardian Age of Shackleton and Scott and the mechanised modern era. Michael Smith's book captures the drama of a life lived at theedge and establishes James Wordie in the pantheon of British explorers.
Main title:
Sir James Wordie : polar crusader : exploring the Arctic and Antarctic / by Michael Smith.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2004.
Collation:
xix, 371 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., facsim., geneal. table, maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: p. 348-361.
ISBN:
18415829219781841582924
Dewey class:
910.9'2910.9920WOR
Language:
English
BRN:
65151
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