The lands of silence

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, Manager LONDON: FETTER LANE, E.C. 4
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S.
printed by George Henry, A.R.A.
THE LANDS OF SILENCE
A HISTORY OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
SIR CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, K.C.B., F.R.S.
CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1921
Although there were few subjects in which the late Sir Clements Markham was not interested, it may safely be said that Polar Exploration stood nearest his heart. Not many persons had studied the ground as thoroughly as he; no one was more widely acquainted with its explorers. I was anxious therefore that his recollections of the personality and work of the many distinguished Arctic navigators he had known should not be lost, and some years ago suggested to him that he should record the story of the gradual revealing of the Polar regions to our ken. The idea pleased him, he began his task at once, and when, in January 1916, the sad accident occurred which brought his life unexpectedly to a close, the book, though unrevised, and with one or two chapters unfinished, was nevertheless in a tolerably complete state.