No Pathway Here: The factual account of the annexation of the Prince Edward and Marion Islands

by John Henry Marsh

The author of Skeleton Coast has for his second book obtained quite as wonderful a story. Mr. Marsh was the only journalist to go to the Marion and Prince Edward Islands when these were so dramatically occupied recently, and in his vivid account will be found the real reason why the islands were taken. He also tells of the dangers overcome, the hardships encountered, the fantastic weather conditions and the unusual wild life found there.
The final chapter, with its startling suggestions regarding the future of the Antarctic territories, should prove of more than ordinary interest to many others besidcs those living in South Africa.
As Field-Marshal Smuts states in his Preface . . . Here is another true story of modern pioneering and adventure that will, I am sure, be an inspiration to many generations to come.

200 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1948

Reviews

[JD · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written shortly after the events by a man who was there, this is a well written and very readable book. The author goes into great detail about these two obscure islands in the middle of the southern oceans that are filled with adventure and despair. The details surrounding the reasons and actual annexation of these islands by the South Africans are also extensively covered and the book contains some nice pictures of the operations and islands themselves, and to this very day South Africa still reaps the rewards of these operations conducted not by adventurers, but by ordinary men. This book will not be for everyone and is a bit dated, but there is much to learn in these pages about these islands and the southern oceans as a whole.