$185.00 CAD
pp. xviii, 399, First edition. Bound in faded reddish cloth, spine extremities worn and bumped, vignette on front board faded and chipped, internally very good. Black and white photographs and folding map. “Account of the expedition to the northeast coast of Greenland to recover the written records of the ill-fated Denmark expedition of 1906-08, which had been led by Ludwig Mylius-Erichsen. Together with his engineer Iversen as his sole companion, Mikkelsen undertook a series of harrowing sledge journeys, during which they succeeded in finding the aforementioned records and also disproved the existence of Peary Channel. When they returned to Shannon Island they found the rest of the crew had left (they had returned home on a whaler). Finding provisions and a small cottage made from salvaged timber from the icebound ship the ‘Alabama’, the pair managed to survive two winters before being rescued by a Norwegian whaler in 1912. Arctic Bib. 11428. “
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| Number of pages | 399 |
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| Original Title | Lost In The Arctic Being The Story Of The 'Alabama' Expedition, 1909-1912. |
| Published Date | 1913 |
| Book Condition | Good |
| Jacket Condition | No dustjacket |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Size | 4to |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Edition | First edition |
pp. xviii, 399, First edition. Bound in faded reddish cloth, spine extremities worn and bumped, vignette on front board faded and chipped, internally very good. Black and white photographs and folding map. “Account of the expedition to the northeast coast of Greenland to recover the written records of the ill-fated Denmark expedition of 1906-08, which had been led by Ludwig Mylius-Erichsen. Together with his engineer Iversen as his sole companion, Mikkelsen undertook a series of harrowing sledge journeys, during which they succeeded in finding the aforementioned records and also disproved the existence of Peary Channel. When they returned to Shannon Island they found the rest of the crew had left (they had returned home on a whaler). Finding provisions and a small cottage made from salvaged timber from the icebound ship the ‘Alabama’, the pair managed to survive two winters before being rescued by a Norwegian whaler in 1912. Arctic Bib. 11428. “
| Weight | 2 kg |
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