Gefahren und Gefährten: Abenteuer auf Spitzbergen [Hazards and Companions: Adventure in Spitsbergen]
Author(s):
Moravec, Fritz
Copyright: 1963, Österreichischer Bundersverlag, Wien/München
Specifications: 2nd, 8vo, pp.160, 4 color & 41 bw photos, map, photo eps, dec blue cloth
Condition: inscribed, dj w/ few edge tears, cloth bright, fine
Although best known for his Himalayan expeditions, which included the first ascent of Gasherbrum II in 1956, Moravec also had two expeditions to northern Spitsbergen, in 1958 and 1960. Here he provides accounts of his explorations, via dogsled, and an epic boat journey around the southern coast of Spitsbergen. In German, no English translation.