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Priestley's Progress : the life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic explorer, scientist, soldier, academician /

"This first ever biography of Antarctic explorer Sir Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) covers his full--at times life-threatening--involvement with Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907-1909 Nimrod Expedition and Robert Scott's 1910-1913 Terra Nova Expedition. Priestley's service with the Bri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bullock, Mike, 1939- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a The Priestley family in Tewkesbury; early days -- University College, Bristol -- Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition -- Between expeditions -- Scott's terra nova expedition; the northern party -- The First World War; the British Army Signal Service -- Cambridge University; Scott Polar Research Institute -- Vice-chancellor; Melbourne University -- Vice-chancellor; Birmingham University -- The commission for higher education in the colonies -- Acting director; Falkland Islands Dependencies survey -- West Antarctica on the Ry Britannia -- American Deep Freeze IV Expedition -- President, Royal Geographical Society -- Along the way -- Later life. 
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