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MARC recordSir James Wordie, polar crusader: exploring the Arctic and Antarctic / Michael Smith.
| Title: | Sir James Wordie, polar crusader: exploring the Arctic and Antarctic / Michael Smith. |
| Author(s): | Smith, Michael. |
| Date: | 2004. |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh: Birlinn |
| Abstract: | Biography of James Wordie, including early life; Shackleton's 1914-17 Endurance expedition; experiences during First World War; various Arctic voyages and research expeditions; and founding of Scott Polar Research Institute and role at Royal Geographical Society. Appendix provides abridged version of Wordie's journal in Weddell Sea from September 1914 to December 1916. |
| Notes: | Reviewed by Fred Elliot in Aurora. Anare Club Journal. 2007, 27(2) :18. |
| Keywords: | 92 -- Biographies: Wordie, James Mann. 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 5(091) -- History of science. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1914-17 Shackleton. 82-94 -- Diaries and expedition journals. 378.4 -- Universities: Great Britain. Cambridge University. Scott Polar Research Institute. 061.2 -- Associations, clubs and societies: Great Britain. Royal Geographical Society. .000(410) -- British author. X -- Biographies and obituaries. (*2) -- Polar regions. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 92[Wordie] |
| ISBN: | 1841582921 |
| SPRI record no.: | 168477 |
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