In the Ghost Country [signed] [first edition]
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8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed); pp. 342, with illustrations. A fine copy. Flatsigned on title page by Peter Hillary . Pete Hillary's account of his gruelling unassisted trek to the South Pole in 1998-99 with Jon Muir and Eric Philips, under physical and psychological conditions echoing Scott's tragic attempt at the Pole. John Elder is senior writer for the Sunday Age in Melbourne, who participated as crew member on the 'In The Footsteps of Scott' Expedition in 1986. In another twist of fate, he watched his ship 'Southern Quest' sink below the ice in the Ross Sea, echoing Shackleton's 'Endurance' experience.
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