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SATO, Chuetsu. Nankyoku ni Tatta Karafuto Ainu [in English: Ainu People Who Stood on the Antarctic, The Untold Story of the Shirase Expedition Team]. Tokyo: Toyo Shoten, 20 June 2004.
8vo (216 x 146 mm). Full-page map and chart, 8 illustrations after photographs in the text. Original pictorial wrappers.
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED TO CHET ROSS FROM THE AUTHOR. This overview pays respect to the two Ainu crew members of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, Shinkichi Hanamori and Yasunosuke Yamabe, who served on the two voyages to the Antarctic as leaders of the dogs and dog driving teams. 2.19A (“Scarce”).