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DAVID MURPHY - The Arctic Fox

Title: The Arctic Fox
Description: Dundurn Group, 2004. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 201. The Shackleton of his day, Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) from County Louth was the leading Arctic explorer of the Victorian era. He undertook four major voyages, epic sledge journeys, and was the first to bring definite information on the lost Franklin party. He then rose to admiral and advised Robert Falcon Scott before the Discovery expedition in 1901. After his death a memorial plaque was unveiled at Westminister Abbey, portraits were hung in the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the McClintock Channel in the Arctic was named after him. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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