1927 The Polar Regions: a Physical and Economic Geography of the Arctic and Antarctic

Description

Written by Robert Neal Rudmose-Brown (1879-1957) a polar explorer and academic botanist. He travelled on the Scottish National Arctic Expedition, cataloguing the wildlife of the South Orkney Islands. He was a Professor of Geography at the University of Sheffield, and later became president of the Institute of British Geographers.

From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back.  Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years.  He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations.  His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. 

In the publisher's original binding with an unclipped dust wrapper.

Contains twenty-three maps, including two folding maps.