This is a solid, good-natured, and somewhat stolid official report on a trilateral expedition.
The White Desert: The Official Account of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Giaever, John. London: Chatto & Windus, 1954.
- 1949-52 Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSX or NBSAE) based at Maudheim.
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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Foothold on Antarctica: The First International Expedition (1949-1952) through the Eyes of its Youngest Member.
Swithinbank, Charles, W. M. Lewes, UK: Book Guild, 1999.
- 1949-52 Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSX or NBSAE) based at Maudheim.
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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Swithinbank was a member of this largely Norwegian expedition. He’s not a natural writer but the story has its share of adventure and danger which he reports in a rather dry style. He gives some information about reading among his colleagues but nothing on what he himself read.