Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.67 Polar Regions #2

The volume comprises a collection of stamps, first day covers, biographies, articles and notes regarding the North and South Poles. The stamps come from all over the world covering Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, Africa, Asia and the British Antarctic Territory.

The following people and events are represented in the volume:

Captain John Ross

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Vivian Ernest Fuchs

Fridtjof Nansen

Otto Sverdrup

Robert Edwin Peary and Matthew A. Henson

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Raold Amundsen

Robert Falcon Scott

Edward L. Atkinson

Sir Ernest Shackleton

Alexander Macklin

British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909

Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914

Sir Douglas Mawson

Frederick Cook

Jean Baptiste Charcot

Paul-Emile Victor

Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 1957

Jean Rivolier

Sir Alister Hardy