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The Fram Museum, 2018. 2018 First Edition. paperback. 623pp, 624-1174pp, over 700 illusts, large format paperback on quality paper, New, signed by Geir Klover, the editor. Two Volumes, Vol I - 1900-1905, Vol II - 1905-1907.. Presenting Roald Amundsen´s personal diaries in English from the Gjøa expedition was a big moment for the Fram Museum, but also an important contribution to the dissemination of Norwegian and international polar history. Amundsen writes with great enthusiasm about the enormous efforts he and his crew are making in dealing with scientific research and Amundsen´s own studies of the Inuit. After reading the diaries we know so much about the expedition, about life aboard Gjøa and among the Inuit. Amundsen is generous in his descriptions of his comrades and treats all contact with, and all the information from, the inuit with great respect. In addition, he emerges as an unprecedented planner of an expedition through the Northwest Passage. After four hundred… Read More

The Fram Museum, 2018. 2018 First Edition. paperback. 623pp, 624-1174pp, over 700 illusts, large format paperback on quality paper, New, signed by Geir Klover, the editor. Two Volumes, Vol I - 1900-1905, Vol II - 1905-1907.. Presenting Roald Amundsen´s personal diaries in English from the Gjøa expedition was a big moment for the Fram Museum, but also an important contribution to the dissemination of Norwegian and international polar history. Amundsen writes with great enthusiasm about the enormous efforts he and his crew are making in dealing with scientific research and Amundsen´s own studies of the Inuit. After reading the diaries we know so much about the expedition, about life aboard Gjøa and among the Inuit. Amundsen is generous in his descriptions of his comrades and treats all contact with, and all the information from, the inuit with great respect. In addition, he emerges as an unprecedented planner of an expedition through the Northwest Passage. After four hundred… Read More

The Fram Museum, 2018. 2018 LIMITED EDITION. hardcover. 623pp, 624-1174pp, over 700 illusts, beautiful full red leather bindings with decorative silver gilt, quality paper, New, housed in a red cloth slipcase with decorative gilt to the front. One of only 100 Numbered Copies of this Limited Edition, signed by Geir Klover, the editor. Two Volumes, Vol I - 1900-1905, Vol II - 1905-1907.. Presenting Roald Amundsen´s personal diaries in English from the Gjøa expedition was a big moment for the Fram Museum, but also an important contribution to the dissemination of Norwegian and international polar history. Amundsen writes with great enthusiasm about the enormous efforts he and his crew are making in dealing with scientific research and Amundsen´s own studies of the Inuit. After reading the diaries we know so much about the expedition, about life aboard Gjøa and among the Inuit. Amundsen is generous in his descriptions of his comrades and treats all contact with, and all the… Read More

The Fram Museum, Oslo, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover in slipcase. New Book/No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition, No 54/100: 1 to 623 pages, 624 to 1174 pages, illustrated, over 700 illustrations, end papers depicting diary entries, original red leather bindings, silver titling, ribbon bookmarks in red cloth slipcase. Two Volumes, Vol I - 1900-1905, Vol II - 1905-1907. Presenting Roald Amundsen's personal diaries in English from the Gjøa expedition was a big moment for the Fram Museum, but also an important contribution to the dissemination of Norwegian and international polar history. Amundsen writes with great enthusiasm about the enormous efforts he and his crew are making in dealing with scientific research and Amundsen's own studies of the Inuit. After reading the diaries we know so much about the expedition, about life aboard Gjøa and among the Inuit. Amundsen is generous in his descriptions of his comrades and treats all contact with, and all the information from, the… Read More