Author: DONGEN, Sjef van. Title: Vijf jaar in ijs en sneeuw. Mijn leven in het Noordpoolgebied.
Description: Amsterdam, Scheltens & Giltay, (1929). Original decorated cloth, with dust-jacket (sl. dam.). With ca. 100 photographic plates. 247 pp. First edition. - Josephus Maria Andreas Cornelius (Sjef) van Dongen (1906 - 1973) was a Dutch Arctic voyager and politician. From 1923 till 1928 he was stationed at Spitsbergen. He was involved in the rescue of generaal Umberto Nobile and his airship, the Italia.
Keywords: Arctic Dutch travel Pole Spitsbergen biography
Price: EUR 71.50 = appr. US$ 77.71 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 792