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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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