Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Georgia

Carr, Pauline; Carr, Tim

ISBN 10: 0393046052 / ISBN 13: 9780393046052

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, U.S.A., 1998

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1st Printing. A NEAR FINE, bright, clean, tight copy san flecks, tears, stains, discoloration and text and illustration markings. FLAT-SIGNED by both authors on the title page. PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in full-color photography (many full-page) and black-and-white maps. "After twenty-five years of cruising the world's oceans, renowned sailors Pauline and Tim Carr found themselves drawn to lonely places of the higher latitudes to experience earth's last unspoiled regions. Antarctic Oasis records the culmination of those exploits. Genuine adventurers, the Carrs have lived year-round on South Georgia for five years, the island's only permanent inhabitants, experiencing a way of life that has all but vanished from our modern world." 256 pages. NOTE: Due to the large size and well-over 4 lb. shipping weight of the book significant additional shipping cost will be requested/required for OUT-OF-U.S. shipment in the form of the U.S. Postal Service's mandated over 4 lb. Priority Mail International shipping. LG1. Seller Inventory # 011506

Bibliographic Details

Title: Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South ...

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Authors

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

An account of one couple's life on a remote island beyond the Polar Front, a tale to rival the exploits of the great nineteenth-century explorers.

After twenty-five years of cruising the world's oceans, renowned blue-water sailors Pauline and Tim Carr found themselves being drawn to the lonely places of the higher latitudes to experience earth's last, scarcely touched regions. Antarctic Oasis records the culmination of those exploits. True adventurers, the...

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