Author: PUTNAM, GEORGE PALMER
Title: Mariner of the North - the Life of Captain Bob Bartlett
Description: New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0897471172. Mass Market PB. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing , along with some beginning fraying to the top spine end. The spine of the book has some fading. The text pages are generally clean and bright. "Bartlett spent more than 50 years mapping and exploring the waters of the Far North and led over 40 expeditions to the Arctic, more than anyone before or since. Bartlett was captain of the SS Roosevelt and accompanied United States Navy Commander Robert Peary on his attempts to reach the North Pole. He was awarded the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society for breaking the trail through the frozen Arctic Sea to within 150 miles of the pole, yet was excluded from the final exploring party (possibly due to a rivalry between the two men). Bartlett took a ship and was the first person to sail north of 88° N. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

Keywords: Travel And Exploration George Palmer Putnam Ships & Sailing Biography


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