Author Name: Nansen, Fridtjof
Title: FARTHEST NORTH Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893-96
Binding: Green Cloth
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First American Edition
Size: Octavos
Publisher: New York Harper & Brothers 1897
Illustrator: Maps, Photogravures, Color Plates
Seller ID: 002978
Nansen's plan was to reach the North Pole by becoming locked in the polar ice cap and "floating" north. He and Lt. Johansen spent 15 months in a sleigh journey to reach the pole from the "Fram". Vol. 2 ends with 100 pages of Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram, on the drifting of the ship from March, 1895 - May, 1896. Ex libris Redfield Proctor, probably the Gov. of Vermont 1923-25. In a blue, modern slipcase. 002978
Arctic Polar Exploration Voyages Travels Proctor Redfield Proctor Sverdrup Otto Sverdrup
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