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Priestley's progress : the life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic explorer, scientist, soldier, academician / Mike Bullock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bullock, Mike, 1939- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Priestley, Raymond E. (Raymond Edward), 1886-1974.
- Priestley, Raymond E.
- Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
- Antarctica.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2017, 2017.
- Summary:
- "This first ever biography of Antarctic explorer Sir Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) covers his full--at times life-threatening--involvement with Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907-1909 Nimrod Expedition and Robert Scott's 1910-1913 Terra Nova Expedition. Priestley's service with the British 46th Division during World War I won him the Military Cross for gallantry"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Priestley family in Tewkesbury; early days
- University College, Bristol
- Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition
- Between expeditions
- Scott's terra nova expedition; the northern party
- The First World War; the British Army Signal Service
- Cambridge University; Scott Polar Research Institute
- Vice-chancellor; Melbourne University
- Vice-chancellor; birmingham university
- The commission for higher education in the colonies
- Acting director; Falkland Islands Dependencies survey
- West Atarctica on the Ry Britannia
- American Deep Freeze IV Expedition
- President, Royal Geographical Society
- Along the way
- Later life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2870-X
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