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Thomas, Charles W. (Captain in U.S.Coast Guard). Ice Is Where You Find It. Published by Bobbs Merrill, HARD COVER CR 1951, stated 1st edition. Blue covers with gilt lettering on spine, spine and part of the cover is discolored, 5 maps and 38 pages of black and white photos with frontis. Foreward by Rear Admiral Richard A. Byrd. Thomas navigated unprotected ships through ice of the Ross Sea at the bottom of the world - a convoy of 3 Naval supply ships, with their unprotected hulls, through 500 miles of ice. It was a landmark in ice navigation. Natural History, Ice Bergs, Arctic Ice, Naval Navigation, navigation. Price:
30.00 USD
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