The "Fram" Expedition. Nansen in the Frozen World. Preceded by a Biography of the Great Explorer and Copious Extracts from Nansen's “First Crossing of Greenland,” also an Account by Eivind Astrup, of Life Among People Near the Pole, and His Journey …
Author(s):
Berens, S. L.
Copyright: 1897, Holman, Philadelphia
Specifications: 1st, thick 8vo, pp.viii, 560, frontis w/ tissue guard, 112 illus, 2 maps, black & gilt-stamped blue cloth
Condition: cloth worn, corners rubbed, front hinge cracked, good
An early look at the work of Nansen and Peary together with a brief history of the principal earlier Arctic explorations from the ninth century to the Peary expedition, including those of Cabot, Frobisher, Bering, Sir John Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall, Nordenskjöld, Nares, Schwatka, DeLong, Greely, and others.
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