Books by Alexander Glen

Sir Alexander Glen C.B.E. K.B.E. was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took part in three university Arctic expeditions for which he was awarded the Polar Medal in 1940. During the Second World War he served as Assistant Naval Attache in Belgrade, then on special operations with Coastal Command. His varied post-war career included many directorships and the chairmanship of the British Tourist Authority and the Export Council for Europe. Sir Alexander is the author of Young Men in the Arctic (Faber), Under the Pole Star (Methuen) and Footholds Against a Whirlwind (Hutchinson). He now lives in Broadway, Worcestershire with his wife.