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[POLAR PERIODICALS]. 135 issues of Ice Cap News. American Society of Polar Philatelists, 1956-85.
Original printed wrappers, 5 later issues bound in cloth. A near complete run (approximately missing only 21 issues). The Society was founded in 1956 for philatelists of the polar regions. “Each issue contains articles, columns, illustrations, and news related to [this] specialized field. Many articles deal with expeditions from the Heroic Age up until the most recent treks to the ends of the earth. Other articles provide details on the Russian Arctic, trans-polar flights, Antarctic scientific research stations, Alaska, famous polar explorers, Operation Deep Freeze, polar thematic cachets, and new stamp issues. [This journal] is extensively illustrated with photographs of people and places, cachets and cancels, maps and other documents” (ASPP). List available.
[With:] approximately over 200 issues of The Polar Times, Polar Record and British Antarctic Survey Club newsletter.