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BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1898-1900
BORCHGREVINK (CARSTEN EGEBERT) First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900
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BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1898-1900
BORCHGREVINK (CARSTEN EGEBERT) First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, first edition, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps printed in colours, 18 photographic plates, numerous illustrations (mostly photographic), 32-page publisher's catalogue at end, neat ownership inscription on half-title, later label on verso of half-title, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, a very good copy [Spence 152; Taurus Collection 24], 8vo, George Newnes, 1901

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  • Borchgrevink, a Norwegian resident in Australia, led the first British Antarctic Expedition aboard the Southern Cross. Privately financed, primarily by the publisher George Newnes, the expedition achieved a number of "firsts", including: being the earliest party to winter in Antarctica; exploring the Ross Ice Shelf by sledge (reaching a farthest south of 78·83º, 23 February 1900, during which the emperor penguin rookery at Cape Crozier was discovered); and using dogs for transport on the continent.
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