Author: Mikkelsen, Peter Schmidt.
Title: Nordost Gronland 1908-60: Fangstmandsperioden.
Description: [Denmark]: Aschehoug, (2001). (2001). - Quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], light gray boards with a color illustration on each cover. The bottom corner of the front cover is creased. 423 pages. Black-and-white illustrations & color endpaper maps. Very good.

A revised and enlarged edition of the version published by the Danish Polar Center in 1994.

The history of early explorations and trapping expeditions to Northeast Greenland with mapping and many photographs of known trapping huts.

The text is in Danish with an English translation of the introduction and a 15-page summary in English in the rear. Very good .

Keywords: TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; HISTORY; NORTHEAST GREENLAND 1908-60: FANGSTMANDSPERIODEN; TRAPPING; TRAPPERS; TRAPPING HUTS; EXPLORERS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PETER SCHMIDT MIKKELSEN; REVISED EDITION.

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