Author: DOUGLAS, M.; MARKHAM, CLEMENTS R.[INTRODUCTION]
Title: Across Greenland's Ice-Fields: The Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice-Cap
Description: London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1902. Reprint. Hardcover. 218 pages. Twelve black and white plates. Reprint of the 1897 first edition. "Heart-stirring narratives relating the difficulties and perils attendant on the exploration of the Inland Ice of Greenland. Miss Douglas conducts her readers over those trackless wastes of snow and ice, in the footsteps of Nordenskiold, of Nansen, and of Peary; and certainly those who begin the journey with her will, in continuing it to the end, derive no small amount of pleasure and instruction." - Introduction. Above-average wear to publisher's blue cloth illustrated with polar bears. Writing inside front board. Hairline opening in binding at half-title. A worthy reading copy.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Fridtjof Nansen, Arctic Exploration, Robert Peary, Polar Exploration, Greenland - Inland Ice, Nordenskiold,. Fair .

Keywords: Travel & Adventure