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Fairley, T.C.

Sverdrup's Arctic Adventures

Longmans, Green and Company Ltd, 1959

199.95 €

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Year of publication
1959
ISBN
111125950X
Place of printing
London
Author
Fairley, T.C.
Publishers
Longmans, Green and Company Ltd
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Edition
F First Edition
Keyword
Otto Sverdrup Exploration Canadian Arctic Norwegian Explorers, Fram Ellesmere Island Axel Heiberg Ellef Ringnes Anud Ringnes, Findlay Islands Canadian History Travel, Exploration & Adventure
Binding description
J H Good Hardcover
State of preservation
Good
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
First edition
Yes

Description

305 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. Adapted from 'New Land - Four Years in the Arctic Regions' by Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup "who fitted out Nansen's famous ice-ship Fram and with a band of tough companions spent four unbroken years (1898-1902) exploring and charting an uninhabited area of some 100,000 square miles among the Canadian islands. Provides the first complete story of Sverdrup's life, the first evaluation of his discoveries, and the first full account of the Sverdrup Islands dispute between Canada and Norway." - dust jacket. Small handwritten name atop front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important history. Book