p. 1: On the night of January 30, 1916, a frail, white-haired gentleman retired to the bedroom of his house in London’s Eccleston Square. Once undressed, he swung expertly into a hammock and, as he had done for more than seven decades, read himself to sleep in traditional Royal Navy fashion: One hand held his book, the other a candle, exactly as he had learned as a midshipman in 1844.
Safe Return Doubtful: The Heroic Age of Polar Exploration.
Maxtone-Graham, John. New York: Scribner’s, 1988.
- Arctic Reading: General
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Safe Return Doubtful: The Heroic Age of Polar Exploration.
Maxtone-Graham, John. New York: Scribner’s, 1988.
- Heroic Age 1901-1921.
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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p. 1: On the night of January 30, 1916, a frail, white-haired gentleman retired to the bedroom of his house in London’s Eccleston Square. Once undressed, he swung expertly into a hammock and, as he had done for more than seven decades, read himself to sleep in traditional Royal Navy fashion: One hand held his book, the other a candle, exactly as he had learned as a midshipman in 1844.