Bonhams 1793 : CHRISTENSEN (LARS) My Last Expedition to the Antarctic 1936-1937, Oslo, Johan Grundt Tanum, 1938

My Last Expedition to the Antarctic 1936-1937. With a Review of the Research Work Done on the Voyages in 1927-1937. A Lecture Delivered before the Norwegian Geographical Society, September 22nd, 1937, first English edition, frontispiece portrait, 10 photographic plates, maps on endpapers, with ownership inscription ink classification mark "An 11" of W.L.S. Fleming of the British Graham Land Expedition, publisher's cloth, printed label on upper cover [Conrad, p.273; Renard 337; Spence 294; OCLC 2927442], 4to (235 x 185mm.), Oslo, Johan Grundt Tanum, 1938

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A short, but well-illustrated, account of nine visits made by Christensen (1884-1965) to Antarctica, five of which were made "for the purpose of solving scientific and geographical problems". These were the Odd I expedition of 1926-1927, and the four Norvegia expeditions undertaken between 1927 and 1931. He was a pioneer in the use of aerial surveying with seaplanes in the mapping of the coast of East Antarctica. In 1913 Christensen had sold the whaler Endurance to Shackleton.

Provenance: W. L.S. Fleming, of British Graham Land Expedition (with ownership inscription); Martin L. Greene (Seattle) from Henry Sotheran Limited (2000).

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