Wings over the Arctic Translated from the Russian by W. Perelman
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1957. Octavo, llustrated hardcover, 330 pp., illustrated throughout with photographs and one folded map at the back. Some foxing, ex-library stamps on free-endpaper 'Australia-Soviet Friendship Society', correction oen mark on top front free-endpaper, inner hinge split, otherwise a good copy. Scarce. English translation of M. V. Vodopyanov's Way of a Pilot. Wings Over the Arctic is an account of arctic flights as well as of the air conquest of the Arctic. This work sheds light onto the work in the Arctic by Soviet polar explorers and their contribution to the development of aviation. Item #4353
Australia-Soviet Friendship Society.
Price (AUD): $75.00