A H & AW Reed, 1969 (revised edition). Foxing to page edges and endpapers; large tear with piece missing from back of dustjacket; other small chips and tears to dustjacket edges - all repaired internally with brown paper and dustjacket covered with plastic to protect.

This book tells what it feels like to live out a year of Antarctic isolation, to live in a polar tent, to peer down a giant crevasse or drive a dog team across the frozen sea. The photographs provide a complete and fascinating summary of the frozen continent.