Margery Sharp With Illustrations by Erik Blegvad $4.95 The intrepidMiss Bianca embarks upon the most perilous mission of her career in Miss BiancaintheAntarctic, the sixth chronicle of her adventures by Margery Sharp. Newly retired as Perpetual Madam President and Secretary, respectively, of the Mouse Prison- ers' Aid Society, Miss Bianca and her stalwart right-hand-mouse Bernard settle down for a life of well-deserved peace and quiet, when who should re-enter their lives but Nils, the valiant Norwegian sailor-mouse from their ad- ventures in The Rescuers. His news is most distressing: the Poet is in trouble again! Saved from the Black Castle in The Rescuers, the Poet has joined a Scien- — tific Expedition to the Antarctic and has become trapped there, a prisoner of whirl- winds and breaking ice fields. Duty is clear; the Poet must be saved again! But how? As Miss Bianca and Bernard set out to brave the perils of the icy Antarctic, little do they realize the ever greater dangers in store for them. Blizzards, polar bears, penguins and temperatures cold enough to freeze a mouse stiff as a board all unite to make Miss Bianca in the Antarctic the most exciting tale ever in the annals of the Mouse Prisoners' Aid Societv. Continuedonsecond flap .- V * \ ^ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 http://www.archive.org/details/missbiancainantaOOshar Books by Margery Sharp Rhododendron Pie Fanfare for Tin Trumpets The Flowering Thorn Four Gardens The Nutmeg Tree The Stone of Chastity Three Companion Pieces Cluny Brown Britannia Mews The Foolish Gentlewoman Lise Lillywhite The Gipsy in the Parlour The Eye of Love Something Light Martha in Paris Martha, Eric and George The Sun in Scorpio In Pious Memory Rosa Lost at the Fair The Rescuers Miss Bianca The Turret Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines Miss Bianca in the Orient Miss Bianca in the Antarctic Miss Bianca in the Antarctic Biancs iss in the Antarctic by Margery Sharp Illustrated by Erik Blegvad Brown and Company Little, Boston Toronto TEXT COPYRIGHT (§) 1971 BY MARGERY SHARP ILLUSTRATIONS COPYRIGHT (5) 1971 BY ERIK BLEGVAD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL MEANS IN- CLUDING INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS WITHOUT PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM THE PUBLISHER, EXCEPT BY A REVIEWER WHO MAY QUOTE BRIEF PASSAGES IN A REVIEW. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NO. 75— 58484 1 TO9/7I FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA " e0ST IC UBRART