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6%OFFMajor H. W. Tilman - Mischief Among the Penguins - 9781909461208 - V9781909461208
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Mischief Among the Penguins

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'Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.'So read the crew notice placed in the personal column of The Times by H.W. 'Bill' Tilman in the spring of 1959. This approach to selecting volunteers for a year-long voyage of 20,000 miles brought mixed seafaring experience: 'Osborne had crossed the Atlantic fifty-one times in the Queen Mary, playing double bass in the ship's orchestra'.With unclimbed ice-capped peaks and anchorages that could at best be described as challenging, the Southern Ocean island groups of Crozet and Kerguelen provided obvious destinations for Tilman and his ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Crescent House United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
H.W. Tilman - The Collected Edition
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Sheffield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909461208
SKU
V9781909461208
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
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99-2

About Major H. W. Tilman
Harold William 'Bill' Tilman (1898-1977) was among the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering mountaineer and sailor who held exploration above all else. Tilman joined the army at seventeen and was twice awarded the Military Cross for bravery during WWI. After the war Tilman left for Africa, establishing himself as a coffee grower. He met Eric Shipton and began ... Read more

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