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SVERDRUP, Otto (1854-1930). New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904.
The first English edition of the second Fram expedition. Sverdrup served under Nansen both in Greenland and on the “Farthest North” expedition. After the success of the latter, Nansen allowed Sverdrup to captain the Fram on a four-year journey through the Western Arctic. Norway's attempts to claim these lands accelerated Canadian efforts to explore and inhabit the islands. Arctic Bib. 17322.
Two volumes, octavo (238 x 153mm). 62 plates; 5 maps, 2 of which in pocket; many in-text illustrations. Publisher’s original decorated blue cloth. Provenance: Explorer Books.
The first English edition of the second Fram expedition. Sverdrup served under Nansen both in Greenland and on the “Farthest North” expedition. After the success of the latter, Nansen allowed Sverdrup to captain the Fram on a four-year journey through the Western Arctic. Norway's attempts to claim these lands accelerated Canadian efforts to explore and inhabit the islands. Arctic Bib. 17322.
Two volumes, octavo (238 x 153mm). 62 plates; 5 maps, 2 of which in pocket; many in-text illustrations. Publisher’s original decorated blue cloth. Provenance: Explorer Books.