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Three years of Arctic service.

An account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the attainment of the Farthest North,

Stock Code 108650

London, Bentley, 1898

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This United States expedition during the First International Polar Year, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay, explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land, and extended the mapping of Hayes Sound. Includes struggles with ice at sea, sledge journeys, life of the men on the march and in camp, and the geography of the territory. Appendices include Ethnology, Natural History, Ornithology, and Botany.

Second UK edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xxv, 428; xiii, 444 pp., 9 maps (2 very large, short splits to folds), numerous illustrations, many full-page, original blue cloth gilt, pictorial vignette to upper cover, light wear to corners and edges, a very good bright copy.

Arctic Bibliography 6118.
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