SOLD $NZ650 THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL, Ernest Joyce, Duckworth, London, 1929, 1st UK edition The Log of Ernest Joyce on The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. 220 page VG hardback beautifully rebound

THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL, Ernest Joyce, Duckworth, London, 1929, 1st UK edition The Log of Ernest Joyce on The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. 220 page VG hardback beautifully rebound in dark blue leather with title plate and cords, 61 B&W plates, This book is based on Joyce's diary and is the primary, first-hand account of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party. Joyce was closely tied to the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, having been with Scott on the Discovery Expedition (1901-04), and then with Shackleton on the Nimrod Expedition (1907-09). Shackleton chose Joyce for the Ross Sea Party support team, part of the 1914-17 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. All but forgotten when the Endurance saga became public Joyce and his companions had nonetheless sledged over 1,600 miles to lay depots, which were never used due to the sinking of the Endurance. The Ross Sea Party consisted of ten men, including Joyce, Aeneas Mackintosh (leader), Ernest Wild (brother of Frank Wild) and Dick Richards. For the Antarctic crossing, Shackleton placed Joyce in charge of dogs, provisions and laying out of depots. When their ship Aurora ripped from its moorings at Cape Evans they lost most of the supplies. The ten men scavenged equipment and food and set out to lay the depots relied on by Shackleton. Of the ten, three men died including Mackintosh - scarce - $NZ650

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THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL, Ernest Joyce, Duckworth, London, 1929, 1st UK edition The Log of Ernest Joyce on The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. 220 page VG hardback beautifully rebound in dark blue leather with title plate and cords, 61 B&W plates, This book is based on Joyce's diary and is the primary, first-hand account of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party. Joyce was closely tied to the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, having been with Scott on the Discovery Expedition (1901-04), and then with Shackleton on the Nimrod Expedition (1907-09). Shackleton chose Joyce for the Ross Sea Party support team, part of the 1914-17 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. All but forgotten when the Endurance saga became public Joyce and his companions had nonetheless sledged over 1,600 miles to lay depots, which were never used due to the sinking of the Endurance. The Ross Sea Party consisted of ten men, including Joyce, Aeneas Mackintosh (leader), Ernest Wild (brother of Frank Wild) and Dick Richards. For the Antarctic crossing, Shackleton placed Joyce in charge of dogs, provisions and laying out of depots. When their ship Aurora ripped from its moorings at Cape Evans they lost most of the supplies. The ten men scavenged equipment and food and set out to lay the depots relied on by Shackleton. Of the ten, three men died including Mackintosh - scarce - $NZ650