The books formed part of the library on board the Discovery , the ship that carried Captain Scott s

We like to celebrate the fact that the Alice books have been enjoyed all over the world, but did you know that includes Antarctica? Last week, in a story reported by the UK national paper the  Telegraph , we learned the interesting and quite touching fact that Britain's toughest explorers, who took part in Scott s gruelling three-year journey to discover the Antarctic, whiled away the freezing dark nights by reading children s story Alice in Wonderland (Read the story in full here . )
The books formed part of the library on board the Discovery , the ship that carried Captain Scott s successful expedition to the Antarctic regions between 1901 and 1904. These travel-stained copies of Alice s Adventures in Wonderland  and  Through the Looking-Glass , which once sat among more likely-sounding titles such as Sir Walter Raleigh s  Discovery of Guiana  and Marco Polo s  Voyages and Travels fort lauderdale florida hotels , are to be auctioned by Bonham s in their  Polar II Sale , December 4, with an estimated price of $3,200 $6,400.