NEW LAND Four Years in the Arctic Regions. Translated from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn. With illustrations and Maps. 2 Volumes

Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st English Edition: Vol I, xvi, 496 pages; Vol II, xii, 504 pages, illustrated with 62 b/w photos,NOTE: All the 4 maps in pocket at end of volume 2 are Professional COPIES (the large map is in colour). Original covers. Ex Bembridge school library, shelf wear, damp damage to front of volume 1 cover, spines softening, fraying, splits etc., contemporary booksellers label to front end papers both volumes, previous owners inscriptions signatures to half titile volume 1 otherwise contents clean. One of the great pieces of Arctic exploration literature from the early 20th century, being a record of Sverdrup's second expedition in the ship 'Fram' undertaken in 1898 to 1902. This second voyage aimed to explore Greenland & Ellesmere Island. Includes the mapping of southern & western Ellesmere Island, and the discovery of Axel Heiberg, Ellef Ringnes, Anud Ringnes, and Findlay Islands. The expedition filled in the last major unknown area on the map of the western Arctic. This first English edition includes four scientific appendices not printed in the Norwegian edition, by Per Elisaeus Schei, Herman Georg Simmons and Edvard Bay. Arctic Bibliography 17322. This is the narrative of the second Fram Expedition, 1898 to 1902, under Sverdrup with the object of advancing towards the North Pole through Smith Sound or to circumnavigate Greenland, with good descriptions of Ellesmere Island, life at winter quarters, animal life, hunting and sledge journeys, accounts of the mapping... This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3728. . This is a SET of books, therefore heavier than a standard volume, and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries.