Ninety degrees north : the quest for the North Pole
2001, First Edition. London : Granta Books. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476326
ISBN: 1862074496
Physical description; xxi, 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-458) and index. Contents; The Gateway – The Boat Journey – The Blowing Place – 'Americans can do it' – The Open Polar Sea – Polar Crusader – The Sage of Gotha – A Land Unknown Before – The Voyage of the Polaris – Osborn's Legacy – His Word is Law – In the Lena Delta – Fram – Miracle at Cape Flora – The Flight of the Eagle – 'I must have fame' – 'A few toes aren't much ...' – The Polar Duke – Farthest North – 1909 – Prince of Impostors – The Last Heroes – Appendix: Paper on Scurvy / Donnet and Fraser. Subjects; Explorers – Arctic regions – History. Arctic regions – Discovery and exploration. North Pole – Discovery and exploration. Polar exploration.
Price: €18.00