London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1904, First edition in English, translated from Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn. . orig navy blue cloth with silver picture on each front cover and silver spine title lettering, slightly foxed on few leaves, cover slightly marked, a fine set, clean throughout, nice bright covers, the picture on each cover shows huskies with the Fram. . 8vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, xvi, 496; xii, 504 pp, frontis in each volume, numerous plates and illustrations from photos, 8 maps including folding of which four colored on two sheets in rear pocket, index. . This first English edition includes four scientific appendices not printed in the Norwegian edition, by Per Elisaeus Schei, Herman Georg Simmons and Edvard Bay. Arctic Bibliography 17322. This is the narrative of the second Fram Expedition, 1898-1902, under Sverdrup, with the object of advancing towards the North Pole, through Smith Sound or to circumnavigate Greenland, with good descriptions of Ellesmere Island, life at winter quarters, animal life, hunting and sledge journeys, accounts of the mapping, etc. Notable for the discovery of Axel Heiberg, Elef Ringnes and Findlay Islands, the expedition filled in the last major unknown area on the map of the western Arctic. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

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Bookseller: Horizon Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: J12874
Title: New Land; Four Years on the Arctic Regions
Author: SVERDRUP, Otto;
Format/Binding: Orig navy blue cloth with silver picture on each front cover and silver spine title lettering, slightly foxed on few leaves, cov
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1904, First edition in English, translated from Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn.
Size: 8vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, x
Bookseller catalogs: Travel - Polar;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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