CHRISTENSEN (Lars).
My Last Expedition to the Antarctic 1936-1937.
A presentation copy, inscribed on the frontispiece by the author and his wife ‘To Mr. and Mrs W.D.Wood with compliments of Ingrid Christensen Lars Christensen’.
Prompted by the success of Amundsen’s attainment of the South Pole in 1912, Christensen, a shipping magnate and whaler, from whom Shackleton bought his ship ‘Endurance’, sailed to the Antarctic to photograph the Antarctic coastal lands discovered by the Norwegians and to lay the foundation for a proper survey.
Some small foxing to the title page, but a very fine copy.
