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The Secret South - A Tale of Operation Tabarin, 1943-46 (Hardcover)
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The Secret South - A Tale of Operation Tabarin, 1943-46 (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 600
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Seventy years after the end of World War II, the full story of
Britain's secret Antarctic expedition has still never been told.
Launched in 1943, Operation Tabarin was an expedition to secretly
establish bases, keep a watchful eye on German and Japanese
activities, and curb opportunistic Argentinian incursions. Ivan
Mackenzie Lamb was the expedition's botanist but, until now, his
narrative has never been published. His account provides a
fascinating insight into this top secret military operation. He was
a member of the naval party that established three manned bases, he
remained in the field throughout the operation's two-year duration
and took part in all three major sledging expeditions. After the
war, he used his diary to complete a vivid story of his time in
Antarctica. It is a key eyewitness account and has been illustrated
with contemporary photos and expedition maps. Operation Tabarin is
without doubt one of the most significant expeditions of what might
be described as the 'post-Heroic' phase of Antarctic exploration;
ultimately it would develop into the British Antarctic Survey,
arguably the most important and enduring of all
government-sponsored programmes of research in the Antarctic.
Operation Tabarin also set in train a series of events that would
lead, ultimately, to the Falklands War of 1982.
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