Priestley's Progress
Subtitle: The Life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer, Scientist, Soldier, Academician
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jun 30, 2017
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780786478057
Description: "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"--
Notes: Source title: Priestley's Progress: The Life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer, Scientist, Soldier, Academician