Borchgrevink, C.E.

First on the Antarctic Continent.

Borchgrevink, C.E. First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. George Newnes, London 1901, 1st edition. (xvi) + 334pp, 32pp ads. Photogravure portrait frontis & 18 plates. 3 folding maps, ills. in text. Orig. red cloth with gilt title on spine and cover, secondary binding. Covers stained & somewhat bumped. A rare book, good working copy of the 1st edition. Spence 151, secondary binding. In 1894, Borchgrevink shipped on board the whaler Antarctic on its way to the Ross Sea, as a deckhand and part-time scientist. He took part in the historic landing at Cape Adare, and collected the first vegetation to be found within the Antarctic Circle. He travelled to London and under the financial sponsorship of Sir George Newnes, the wealthy publisher, sailed in 1898 as commander of the "Southern Cross" expedition. He spent the first winter on the continent and made the first sledge journey on the Ross Ice Shelf. A very companionable account, including complaints about the cook's heavy puddings, etc.

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