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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur

The Adventure of Wrangel Island

1926

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Year of publication
1926
Place of printing
London. Jonathan Cape
Author
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Keyword
Travel - Polar
Languages
English

Description

8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxviii, 424 pp, frontis, many plates from photos, maps (including color folding). original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine, edges worn, interior clean, good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Arctic Bibliog 16744: "Account of an expedition to colonize Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean, 1921-23, directed by Stefansson." Based in part on diary of E. L. Knight. There are several pictures of Ada Blackjack, the Inuit seamstress that was on the expedition and of whom a book was written and a documentary film was made.

Edizione: first british edition.
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