1897 1ed Farthest North ARCTIC Nansen Polar Eskimo

1897 1ed Farthest North ARCTIC Nansen Polar Eskimo Kayak Hunting Fram Expedition

Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian arctic scientist who voyaged throughout the North and was one of the most famous polar explorers of the 19th-century. During the Fram Expedition, he encountered large Eskimo populations, learning from them and their nomadic tendencies in the New Siberian Islands, in search of the North Pole. Nansen made extensive records of this journey which were published under the title ‘Farthest North’.

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NANSEN, Fridtjof

Farthest north: being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First edition

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

Vol. I – x, [4], 587, [1]

103 illustrations

4 folding maps

Vol. II – x, [2], 714, 4

102 illustrations

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; secure

Cloth

Size: ~9.5in X 6.75in (24cm x 17cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent