8414c. Burroughs, Polly. THE GREAT ICE SHIP BEAR – Eighty-Nine Years in Polar Seas. New York. 1970
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8414c. Burroughs, Polly. THE GREAT ICE SHIP BEAR – Eighty-Nine Years in Polar Seas. New York. 1970
8414c. Burroughs, Polly. THE GREAT ICE SHIP BEAR – Eighty-Nine Years in Polar Seas. New York . 1970. 104p. DJ. For more than forty-two years the U. S. Revenue Cutter Bear patrolled the waters of the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean and became celebrated for many dramatic rescues of trapped whalers. In the 1930’s she accompanied Admiral Byrd on his expeditions to Antarctica . Here is the story of the Bear in that heroic era of seamanship. Wonderfully illustrated with 37 vintage photographs. Difficult to find now. (F). $32.