WILD, Frank.
Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the 'Quest'. From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin.
London: Cassell and Co , 1923.
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"Sir Ernest Shackleton died suddenly; so suddenly that he had no word at all with regards to the future of the expedition": First edition of Commander Frank Wild's Account of Shackleton's final expedition
First edition of Wild's account of Shackleton's final quest, the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition to the Antarctic. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, pictorial endpapers, colored frontispiece of Shackelton's cairn, 50 halftone plates from photographs, maps to the text. From the Adventure and Exploration collection of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation’s highest award, the Gold Medal of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. A bright example with noted provenance.
Shackleton embarked on his last Antarctic project aboard the small expedition vessel Quest in 1921, accompanied by a crew of 20 men, most of whom had worked with him on previous expeditions. Shackleton suffered an untimely death aboard the ship just after its arrival at the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. The major part of the subsequent attenuated expedition was a three-month cruise to the eastern Antarctic, under the leadership of the party's second-in-command, Frank Wild. Quest remained in South Georgia for a month, during which time Shackleton's old comrades erected a memorial cairn to their former leader, on a headland overlooking the entrance to Grytviken harbour. On November 27th 2011, the ashes of Frank Wild were interred on the right-hand side of Shackleton's grave site in Grytviken. The inscription on the rough-hewn granite block set to mark the spot reads "Frank Wild 1873–1939, Shackleton's right-hand man."
Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the 'Quest'. From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin.
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