NATHORST, ALFRED GABRIEL: - Två somrar i Norra Ishafvet. Kung Karls land, Spetsbergens kringsegling spanande efter Andrée i nordöstra Grönland. Two volumes in one. Stockholm 1900.. Large 8vo. Pp. xxxvi, 352; xiv, 414. With portrait frontispiece, 3 large folding maps in colour, numerous illustrations and some maps in the text. Publisher's blue cloth printed in gilt and silver. First edition. An account of Nathorst's scientific explorations to the Arctic Ocean in 1898 and 1899. The first expedition went to Bear Island, Svalbard and King Karl's Land. The second went to Greenland in search of Andrée's balloon expedition but without any success. However they made important geographical and geological investigations and they reached and mapped Kejsar Frans Josefs Fjord and King Oscars Fjord. Hulth 157 & 163. EUR 200.00 [Appr.: US$ 225.96 | £UK 170.5 | JP¥ 32748] Book number 100168is offered by:
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