Her Home, The Antarctic

The John Biscoe was the first research ship built for the British Antarctic Survey. From 1956 until 1991, she sailed between Britain, the Falklands and the Antarctic.

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With a foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh, who travelled to the Antarctic on the maiden voyage of the RRS John Biscoe, this is the story of the ship’s final voyage in the Antarctic to the British Antarctic Survey bases. Illustrated with fabulous photographs by the author, the book tells the story of the most famous of British Antarctic Survey vessels, the RRS John Biscoe.