Stereoscopic Card Of Fort Magnesia Of Stein Arctic Expedition -
Stereoscopic Card of Fort Magnesia of Stein Arctic Expedition
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New York: Underwood and Underwood. Some curving to cardboard.. Stereoscopic photo card with printed caption "(2) 4687 Fort Magnesia, winter quarters of the Stein Arctic Expedition, Cape Sabine, Ellesmere Land (79 degrees N. Latitude)." The explorer Robert Stein (1857-1917) took part in several Arctic expeditions, including as an Eskimo interpreter of Robert Edwin Perry. He led an expedition himself to Ellesmere Island from 1899 to 1901, wintering at Fort Magnesia. Stein committed suicide in 1917, apparently depressed in part by the start of World War I. Approx 7 x 3 1/2"
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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Book Condition Used - Some curving to cardboard.
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher Underwood and Underwood
- Place of Publication New York