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Poles Apart: Fascination, Fame and Folly

$13.50 – $25.00

Poles Apart: Fascination, fame and folly published November 2018

Both hard and soft cover versions will be available.

There is a limit of two (2) copies per online order. To order more than two copies, please contact the Society directly to calculate postage and place the order: admin@rst.org.au

For overseas orders, please contact the Society directly to calculate postage and place the order: admin@rst.org.au

 

 

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The last two frontiers on Earth, the Antarctic and the Arctic, are the stuff of heroes, heartache, courage, mystery, misery, endurance and loss. All these and more are captured in the pages of Poles Apart: Fascination, Fame and Folly. This wonderful book lays out, in a series of snapshots, mankind’s incredible persistent battle in firstly taming and secondly understanding our amazing icy wilderness.  

Poles Apart: Fascination, Fame and Folly was published in early November 2018 as part of The Royal Society of Tasmanian’s 175th anniversary celebration.

Both hard and soft cover versions are available.

There is a limit of two (2) copies per online order. To order more than two copies, please contact the Society directly to calculate postage and place the order: admin@rst.org.au

For overseas orders, please contact the Society directly to calculate postage and place the order: admin@rst.org.au

 

 

 

 

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Soft cover, Hard cover, Soft – Member discount, Hard – Member discount

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