{"product_id":"the-painter-and-the-penguin-gerbrand-kip-9798235931992","title":"The Painter and the Penguin","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat others said about Joseph van Waterschoot van der Gracht, Dutch explorer, balloon commander, geologist, penguin enthusiast and painter on Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1912-1913: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He is a highly skilled geologist, and also an artist and photographer of exceptional ability.\"\u003cbr\u003e- David Orme Masson, a member of the AAE Advisory Committee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... a very fine fellow...\"\u003cbr\u003e- John George Hunter, Main Base, Australasian Antarctic Expedition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... I have written to Prof. Masson suggesting that Mr. Van der Gracht, a very clever Dutch geologist, should be taken on the trip when you go down to fetch Mawson.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Sir Ernest Shackleton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mawson regarded him as a con-man and did not like his paintings.\"\u003cbr\u003e- David Francis Branagan, Associate Professor of Geology, \u003cbr\u003eDepartment of Geology and Geophysics, University of Sydney\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerbrand Kip\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235931992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aspekt Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Gerbrand Kip","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148574073087,"sku":"9798235931992","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-painter-and-the-penguin-gerbrand-kip-9798235931992","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}