Mike Bullock

Priestley's Progress

The Life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer, Scientist, Soldier, Academician

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Produktbeschreibung

"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 British 46th Division during World War I won him the Military Cross for gallantry"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9780786478057
• ISBN-10: 0786478055
• Artikelnr.: 47355852

Autorenporträt

The late Mike Bullock was a retired bank director. He lived in Warwickshire, England.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction
1.
The Priestley Family in Tewkesbury-Early Days
2.
University College, Bristol
3.
Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition
4.
Between Expeditions
5.
Scott's Terra Nova Expedition-The Northern Party
6.
The First World War-The British Army Signal Service
7.
Cambridge University-Scott Polar Research Institute
8.
Vice-Chancellor-Melbourne University
9.
Vice-Chancellor-Birmingham University 10.
The Commission for Higher Education in the Colonies 11.
Acting Director-Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 12.
West Antarctica on the RY Britannia 13.
American Deep Freeze IV Expedition 14.
President, Royal Geographical Society 15.
Along the Way 16.
Later Life Appendix I.
46th (North Midland) Division During the Hundred Days Appendix II.
The 1907-1909 British Antarctic Expedition Appendix III.
The McMurdo Sound Region Appendix IV.
The 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition Chapter Notes Bibliography Index