Every copy of ANTARCTICA has been personally autographed by three people: HM Queen Noor of Jordan and by Pat and Rosemarie Keough.

Her Majesty's signature affirms that all net proceeds from ANTARCTICA benefit the Save the Albatross campaign, the Queen signing as the Honorary President of BirdLife International. The Keoughs' signatures certify that ANTARCTICA is forever limited to this single luxurious edition of 950 books plus 50 copies.

FIVE Books are extra special - autographed and annotated by 31 polar luminaries. Two years were required to collect the signatures from these remarkable explorers, pilots, physicians, and scientists. Beneath their signatures, each states their claim to Antarctic fame in their own handwriting. Of these five special volumes, three have been purchased by private collectors.

Available are ANTARCTICA #1/950 and ANTARCTICA #950/950.
Inquires welcomed.

The signatories, in alphabethic order, are as follows. Several of these renown individuals are elderly. Those who have passed away are indicated with a cross by their names.

Liv Arnesen - First woman to ski solo to the South Pole, 1994. With Ann Bancroft first women to cross Antarctica, 2001.

Ann Bancroft - Leader of first women’s expedition on skis to the South Pole, 1993. Bancroft-Arnesen Expedition, first women to cross Antarctica by ski and sail, 2001.

Charles Bentley - Leader and director of American glaciological research in Antarctica, 1956 - present.

Nick Clinch - Leader of the first ascent of Vinson Massif, Antarctica's highest peak, 1966.

John Croxall - 25 years Antarctic albatrosses studies, co-founder of the “Save the Albatross campaign.”

Arthur DeVries - Discoverer of anti-freeze proteins in Antarctic fishes, 35 Antarctic seasons of additional studies.

Sayed el-Sayed - Founder and leader of Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks, 1977-1991.

Ranulph Fiennes - Leader first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic continent 1993, and first polar circumnavigation of Earth 1979-82.

+ Wally Herbert - 5 years in the Antarctic mapping and 10 years in the Arctic totalling 25,000 miles with dogs.

+ Edmund Hillary - Leader of the Ross Sea Party, 1957-8. First team to reach the South Pole overland since Scott.

Erling Kagge - With Borge Ousland, first unsupported trek to the North Pole, 1990. First person to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole, 1992-3.

Syd Kirkby - Antarctic dog sledging, tractor and aircraft operations between 40°E and 165°E longitudes from 1955-81.

Phillip Law - Director of Australia's Antarctic Division 1949-66, explored over 5000 miles of coast.

Ron Lewis-Smith - 38 years researching Antarctic plant ecology and environmental protection.

Bill Long - First ascent of three Antarctic peaks - Vinson Massif, Long Gables, and Mt. Glossopteris. Five scientific expeditions 1957-67.

Jack Long - Seven expeditions and 5,000 Snow-Cat miles of exploration, including first view and survey of Ellsworth Mountains 1957-68.

Capt Sean Loutitt - Pilot of first South Pole night landing, April 2001.

Desmond Lugg M.D. - 40+ years practice and research of medical of extreme environments, specifically Antarctica and Outer Space, 1962 - present, ANARE and NASA.

Borge Ousland - First person to ski solo and unsupported to the North Pole, 1994 1st person to ski solo and unsupported across Antarctica, 1996-7.

+ Col Ted Petras - Adm. Richard Byrd’s pilot, US Navy Byrd Expedition, Antarctica 1939-41.

Michele Raney M.D. - South Pole physician, first woman to overwinter at 90° south, also the first woman to spend a year at the South Pole, 1978 - 1979. Continued involvement in polar medical care.

Edith Ronne - 1st American woman to set foot in Antarctica, also with Jennie Darlington 1st women to overwinter on the continent, Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947-48.

CDR Gus Shin - Pilot of 1st aircraft to land at South Pole, October 1956.

William Smythe - Member of the first overwinter crew, South Pole Dome 1974. 25 years Antarctic geophysics expeditions.

Jon Stephenson - Crossed Antarctica with Vivian Fuchs’ Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1957-58. Antarctic geologist and glacial microscopist.

Robert Swan - Leader of 1st teams to reach to the North and South Poles on foot, 1986-9.

Charles Swithinbank - Over 40 years studying polar glacial ice, primarily in Antarctica, British Antarctic Survey.

Ivar Tollefsen - Leader of 1st ascent of Ulvetanne and other peaks, Queen Maud Land 1994. 1st ascent of Rondespiret, 1996-7.

+ James Van Allen - Discoverer of radiation belts of the earth with the first American IGY satellite, Explorer I while working in Antarctica.

+ Norman Vaughan - Dog driver with Byrd's Antarctic Expeditions 1928-30, Little America, Ross Ice Shelf.

William Zinsmeister - Discoverer of Antarctica’s 1st land mammal fossils proving that the continent was once connected to South America, 1982.