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Scarce account of a party of amateurs sending out on an expedition in the Spitzbergen area. Hunting and dining seem to be their major concerns
Scarce account of a party of amateurs sending out on an expedition in the Spitzbergen area. Hunting and dining seem to be their major concerns
Scarce account of a party of amateurs sending out on an expedition in the Spitzbergen area. Hunting and dining seem to be their major concerns

CLUTTERBUCK, Walter.

The Skipper in Arctic Seas.

London, Longmans, 1890.

£1,250.00
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The Skipper in Arctic Seas.

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Scarce account of a party of amateurs sending out on an expedition in the Spitzbergen area. Hunting and dining seem to be their major concerns in between bouts of sea-sickness. On the five month voyage they killed over eight hundred seals, as well as reindeer and a polar bear.

First edition. 8vo, viii, 271 pp., folding map and 39 illustrations, contemporary red half morocco gilt, a fine example.

Stock code 95766

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Scarce account of a party of amateurs sending out on an expedition in the Spitzbergen area. Hunting and dining seem to be their major concerns

The Skipper in Arctic Seas.

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