
Priestley's Progress
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 leadin...
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 leadin...