The SS Terra Nova (1884-1943)

Whaler, Sealer and Polar Exploration Ship

The SS Terra Nova (1884-1943)
Michael C Tarver
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Paperback
h234 x 156mm - 352pg
3 Aug 2020 UK
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9780750994088
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The life of the sip that carried Scott to the Antarctic. This newly designed and updated edition presents the definitive illustrated account of one of the classic polar exploration ships of the 'heroic age'. Put together from accounts recorded by the men who sailed in her, it tells the 60-year history of a ship built by a famous Scottish shipbuilding yard, in the nineteenth-century days of whaling and sealing before coal gas and electricity replaced animal oils. SS Terra Nova was most famous for being the vessel to carry the ill-fated 1910 polar expedition crew led by Robert Falcon Scott, but the story of this memorable ship, built in wood to enable flexibility in the ice, continued until 1943, when she sank off Greenland. AUTHOR: Michael Tarver spent his career compiling and supervising files of evidence in police work and criminal records. In retirement, he has followed his lifelong passion for polar exploration, visiting the Antarctic twice and writing articles and books on the subject. He previously published the hardback edition of SS Terra Nova in 2006, and a book on Surgeon Atkinson, the man who found Captain Scott. He lives in Devon. 160 b/w illustrations
Michael Tarver spent his career compiling and supervising files of evidence in police work and criminal records. In retirement, he has followed his lifelong passion for polar exploration, visiting the Antarctic twice and writing articles and books on the subject. He previously published the hardback edition of SS Terra Nova in 2006, and a book on Surgeon Atkinson, the man who found Captain Scott. He lives in Devon.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780750994088
Published: 3 Aug 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: The History Press
Publisher: The History Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 352

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