The Geographical Magazine, February 1966, Vol XXXVIII (38) No 10: Russians in Antarctica; Truculent Turkanas of Lake Rudolf; Animal Immigrants; Arctic Tourists; Charles Swithinbank

The Geographical Magazine, February 1966: Volume XXXVIII (38), Number 10. The illustrated London monthly of exploration, travel, peoples and places, jointly owned by a trust chaired by the President of the Royal Geographical Society and The Times Publishing Company, with half of all dividends assigned to a fund for exploration and research.

COVER: 'Russians in Antarctica', 'Truculent Turkanas of Lake Rudolf', 'Animal Immigrants' and 'Arctic Tourists'; the Soviet ship Estonia reaching Antarctica, photograph by Charles Swithinbank. Price 3s. 6d.

EDITORIAL: 'The Risks of Exploration', on the explorer's dangers, from Franklin and Scott to the first deaths in space.

IN THIS ISSUE: Lake Rudolf by Charles Chenevix Trench (Lake Turkana, Kenya: can this great lake be developed?); Tourism's Furthest North by Valerie Stalder (a cruise to Spitsbergen); Russians in Antarctica by Charles Swithinbank (the first British exchange scientist at the Soviet Antarctic stations); Animal Immigrants by Harry V. Thompson (introduced species that proved expensive pests); Zurich: Switzerland's Last Battle by General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall (the use of geography in warfare); Dig the Beds Deep; Keep the Dykes Low by T. R. Tregear (Li Ping's 2,000-year-old Chinese irrigation); New Light on Elephant Seals by John Warham; Travellers' Tales: Imperial Meknes by John Woodyatt.

ALSO: The World in Books, reviews by Terence Armstrong and David Crease.

THEMES: Antarctica and the Cold War, polar exploration, East Africa, Arctic tourism, military history, China, wildlife and conservation, Morocco.

80 pages (pp. 721-800 of the volume's continuous pagination), illustrated in colour and black and white, about 18.5 x 25 cm. Edited by Lt-Col Walter Hingston; published by Odhams Press for The Geographical Magazine Ltd, Long Acre, London.

Author: Walter Hingston (ed.), Charles Swithinbank, Charles Chenevix Trench, Sir James Marshall-Cornwall

Publisher: The Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society/The Times Publishing Company)

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Used - Very Good