Player's Antarctic cigarette cards and the involvement of ‘Teddy’ Evans

ABSTRACT During World War 1 John Player & Sons issued two series of cigarette cards, both entitled ‘Polar Exploration’. The first, probably issued in 1915, covered both Arctic and Antarctic subjects, but the second, issued in 1916, confined itself to the southern continent. Eight cards from the...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Codling, Rosamunde
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2010
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247410000276
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247410000276
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Summary:ABSTRACT During World War 1 John Player & Sons issued two series of cigarette cards, both entitled ‘Polar Exploration’. The first, probably issued in 1915, covered both Arctic and Antarctic subjects, but the second, issued in 1916, confined itself to the southern continent. Eight cards from the first series were derived from Shackleton's book The heart of the Antarctic . Commander E.R.G.R. ‘Teddy’ Evans, captain of R.F. Scott's vessel Terra Nova , was responsible for both the illustrations and texts of the cards in the second series.

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