Wild (Frank, Cdr.) - Manuscript
A seven page signed autograph account by Frank Wild, describing his experiences in the Antarctic, written in the commonplace book of Miss Kathleen M. Blocksidge of Surrey at the request of her grandfather [c1917], with a signed photograph of Wild tipped in. Wild describes icebergs, their shape and dimensions; the problems of food supply, discussing the taste of seal and penguin meat -'the penguins are really nice, the legs taste like mutton and the breast very like hare'; the cycle of the sun, its effect on temperature and frostbite; wildlife and the seasons - petrels, penguins, skuas, sea leopards, close escapes from killer whales; his affection for the sledge dogs and how sad he was when they had to be shot! Also signed by Raymond Priestley, one leaf loose, original cloth