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pp. xx, 411, 95 b/w photographs, two coloured folding maps at rep, and coloured frontispiece, attractive bookplate on front pastedown, upper edge gilt, embossed gilt vignette on front board, gilt title on spine, green cloth, ” An account of Peary’s expedition to Ellesmere Island and crossing the ice to the Arctic Basin, returning by way of the northwest coast of Greenland. Although the ship reached a high latitude of Ellesmere Island, the expedition was played by an epidemic (probably from diseased whale meat). After advance parties prepared the way, Peary was stopped at 84 Deg 30 min. by a blizzard. After sending back the advance parties Henson and Peary pressed on.”
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| Number of pages | 411 | |
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| Original Title | Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905 - 1906 | |
| Published Date | 1907 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No dustjacket | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 4to | |
| Place of Publication | New York | |
| Edition | First edition | |
| Category: | Arctic | |
| Authors: | Peary, R. E. U.S.N. (Robert) (1856-1920) | |
| Publishers: | and Company, Doubleday, Page |
pp. xx, 411, 95 b/w photographs, two coloured folding maps at rep, and coloured frontispiece, attractive bookplate on front pastedown, upper edge gilt, embossed gilt vignette on front board, gilt title on spine, green cloth, ” An account of Peary’s expedition to Ellesmere Island and crossing the ice to the Arctic Basin, returning by way of the northwest coast of Greenland. Although the ship reached a high latitude of Ellesmere Island, the expedition was played by an epidemic (probably from diseased whale meat). After advance parties prepared the way, Peary was stopped at 84 Deg 30 min. by a blizzard. After sending back the advance parties Henson and Peary pressed on.”
| Weight | 1 kg |
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