ANTARCTICA, CAMBRIDGE, CONSERVATION AND POPULATION A Biologist's Story Tapa blanda - 1987

G.C.L.Bertram, 1987. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. Slight cover shelfwear, one corner has a small, mild crease. 0951251902.

Hillman Printers Ltd, 1987. 1987 First Edition. paperback. 208pp, paperback, VG+.. Bertram sailed beyond both polar circles before he was 25, and pursued zoological researches in all 7 continents.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Oxford: G. C. L. Bertram, 1987. Sound publication with clean pages and clear content. Edge wear to cover.. By Author. paperback. Good. Used.

std as image shows: Dr G C L Bertram, 1987. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Condition good. ref ZKVQ Bertram sailed beyond both polar circles before he was 25, and pursued zoological researches in all 7 continents.

G C L Bertram, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. p/b 208 pages, condition is very good, minor edge wear. Signed inscription to the title page. Colin Bertram was born in 1911, schooled at Berkhamsted, entered St John's College, Cambridge, and gained Class I in Zoology. Then, after two summer Arctic Expeditions, he pursued coral reef research in the Red Sea before sailing to Antarctica with the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37 as biologist in the three-masted schooner Penola. That was the only British Antarctic venture between the Wars, and marked the transition - from the heroic days to modern times. In three summers and two winters' the then supposed Antarctic Archipelago was, by dog sledge journeys on the sea ice, proved to be the Antarctic Peninsula. Returned Cambridge as a Research Student, working on his seal collections, the outbreak of War led into collaboration in the production of a handbook on cold weather equipment for the Army.

Petworth, Sussex: The author, 1987. First edition. VG. 203 pages plus index. Bertram (1911-2001) who served as a biologist on several expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica in the 1930s and later became director of the Scott Polar Research Institute and secretary of the Eugenics Society. His first book, published in 1939, was Artic & Antarctic: A Prospect of the Polar Regions. Signed by author on title page. Laid in with handwritten note to Alan Cooke, editor of Arcana Poli: A Journal of Commentary and Opinion," seeking review. From the Telegraph, 2001: "COLIN BERTRAM, who has died aged 89, sailed across both polar circles in his early twenties, and conducted zoological research in all seven continents; he was also director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, and honorary secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. It was between 1934 and 1937, as a member of the British Graham Land Expedition, under John Rymill, that Bertram enjoyed his greatest days. The expedition accomplished an… Leer más