The Story of the Quest. From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A.H. Macklin
Shackleton's Last Voyage The Story of the Quest. From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A.H. Macklin
Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1923.
First edition. Large 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in black on the upper cover, ship vignettes on the spine and upper cover. Pictorial endpapers. Coloured frontis of The Cairn (Shackleton's grave), 100 black and white plates from photographs, sketch maps in the text. A near fine copy, with slight sunning to the spine and a minute touch of rubbing to the corners. Sporadic foxing internally, but overall a very attractive copy of an uncommon title.
Frank Wild is frequently referred to as Shackleton's "right hand man" or the "loyal lieutenant" though he was much more than this. He played a significant role in the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic Exploration, being on board the Discovery when Scott led the British National Antarctic Expedition in 1901, followed by four more major Antarctic expeditions over the next 20 years. No one else was so involved and no other explorer spent so long in Antarctica. He is one of only two men to have been awarded four Polar Medal each with silver clasps.
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