THE ANTARCTIC COLLECTION
The Exploration of the Sixth Continent

The Antarctic wastes have long held a fascination for man. This sixth continent was the last to be explored and its exploration and demystification formed the stuff of legend. The tragic story of Robert Falcon Scott and the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 is known throughout the world. The Erskine Press has published a series of books dealing with the HEROIC AGE OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Some of these books are now out of print but the following are still available and fall into three main categories - Diaries, Facsimiles and Translations.

All the books are copiously illustrated with photographs, line drawings and maps. They are all hardback and cloth bound. The Diaries have pictorial jackets in two colours and are blocked in gold on the spines. The Translations and Facsimiles are cased in accurate reproductions of the originals and blocked in gold, silver or white on front and spine accordingly. 

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THE DIARIES AND LETTERS

The Shackleton Letters - Behind the Scenes of the Nimrod Expedition
Regina W Daly
368pp, 235 x 165mm. Over 40 photographs and illustrations; pull-out map of Explorations and Surveys of the Expedition (440 x 430mm). Hard-back, jacketed, blocked on spine. Limited edition of 450 copies individually numbered and signed by the author £27.50

8 men in a crate - The Ordeal of the Advance Party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955–1957
Anthea Arnold, Based on the diaries of Rainer Goldsmith

144pp 16pp colour pictures, 50 photographs, paperback £12.75

In the Teeth of the Wind – South through the Pole
Alain Hubert & Dixie Dansercoer

224pp, hardback, jacketed, over 90 full colour pictures. £24.95 REDUCED TO £10.00

Elephant Island and Beyond – The Life and Diaries of Thomas Orde Lees
John Thomson

304pp, hardback, jacketed, illustrated £24.95

The Wicked Mate - The Antarctic Diary of Victor Campbell 
Edited by H.G.R. King

192pp, hardback, jacketed, 75 photographs and drawings £24.95

Roald Amundsen's Belgica Diary - The First Scientific Expedition to the Antarctic - edited by Hugo Declair

214pp, 248 x 190mm, hardback, jacketed, illustrated £24.95

Trial by Ice - The Antarctic Journals of John King Davis - edited by Louise Crossley

248pp, 248 x 190mm, hardback, jacketed, illustrated £29.95


THE FACSIMILES

The Ross Sea Shore Party 1914-17 - R. W. Richards

60pp, 240 x 165mm, hardback, jacketed, 2 photographs, 1 map £14.95

Voyages of the Morning - Gerald Doorly

288pp, 205 x 135mm, hardback, illustrated £24.95

With the Aurora in the Antarctic 1911–1914 - John K Davis. With a new introduction by Beau Riffenburgh

312pp + 1 fold-out map (includes 83 illustrations) hardback, blocked in gold on front and spine. £27.50


THE TRANSLATIONS

South Georgia – Gateway to Antarctica
Ludwig Kohl-Larsen – Translated by William Barr

304pp, hardback, jacketed, 40 photographs and maps £24.95

Voyage of the Belgica - Fifteen Months in the Antarctic
Adrien de Gerlache - Translated and with an introduction by Maurice Raraty

256pp, 245 x 160mm, hardback, illustrated £37.50

To The Sixth Continent - The Second German South Polar Exploration
Wilhelm Filchner - Translated and with an introduction by William Barr

304pp, 275 x 220mm, hardback, illustrated £49.95

Towards the South Pole aboard the Français
The First French Expedition to the Antarctic, 1903-1905
J-B. Charcot

304pp, 253 x 174mm, hardback, cloth bound and blocked in two colours overall. Over 200 halftones, maps and drawings. £45.00


MISCELLANEA

IN THE ANTARCTIC - Stories of Scott's Last Expedition
Frank Debenham £15

ICE TRACKS – Today’s Heroic Age of Polar Adventure
Angie Butler £14.95