Author: PEARY, R.E.
Title: North Polar Exploration: Field Work of the Peary Arctic Club, 1898-1902.
Description: Washington, Smithsonian Institute. 1904, 1st Edition. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, Wrappers. Good. Offprint from the Smithsonian Report for 1903, pages 427-457 with folding coloured map, 15 b/w photos on 8 plates. Some pages unopened, institutional stamps on front cover and titlepage, 2 small punctures that go about half way through the offprint, covers slightly soiled. Scarce item. Reports of new discoveries on Ellesmere Island and North Greenland - Peary Land. Photos show the ships, huskies, musk oxen, winter quarters, glaciers, Fort Conger etc. Good.

Keywords: R.E. Peary, North Pole, Arctic Sea, Ellesmere Island, Cannon Bay, East Greenland Lincoln Peary Land, Greenland, Musk Oxen, Huskies, Eskimos, Innuit Antarctica, Arctica


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