The Polar Regions in Their Relation to Human Affairs
New York: American Geographical Society, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 54. With a 16-page section of b&w photo reproductions. Includes a color fold-out map bound in at rear. Appendix details sovereignity claims on Antarctica by respective nations. Bound in paper-covered boards with device on front cover and blue lettering on spine. Slight offsetting to cover and with small vertical marginal hash marks on occasional passages. VG+. Very Good +. Item #1162
The president of Carleton College weighs in with a historical reference-heavy emphasis on why the United States should further its interests in Antarctica, referencing at one point a letter from Douglas Mawson explaining why the US could do so.
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