Priestley's Progress: The Life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer, Scientist, Soldier, Academician

by Mike Bullock

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.

After the war, he played a leading role in establishing the Scott Polar Research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786478055
• ISBN13: 9780786478057
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher