Midland: Book of Fatal Icy Trip Up for Sale

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A 100-year-old book signed by an Antarctic explorer and former Birmingham University vice chancellor is expected to fetch pounds 10,000 at a London auction today.

Published in 1909, The Heart of The Antarctic was written by the legendary polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackle-ton and the copy on sale at Christie's in South Kensington is one of 300 signed by the author and every member of his 1907 to 1909 Antarctic expedition team.

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Midland: Book of Fatal Icy Trip Up for Sale

It is one of 100 rare books put up for sale by Repton School and the collection is expected to fetch a total of pounds 60,00...

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