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254 pages of excellent text, with some great illustrations. The story of The Investigator, a ship that sailed from England to the Arctic in 1850 to search for John Franklin and his party. They spent four years there. Miertsching, the interpreter, was aboard, and this diary is a vivid account of their four years - the hunger, the sickness, and the loneliness they endured. First Edition.
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Frozen Ships: The Arctic Diary of Johann Miertsching 1850-1854
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Macmillan Of Canada, 1967
ISBN 10: 0770510183
ISBN 13: 9780770510183
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Frozen Ships
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Macmillan, Toronto, 1967
ISBN 10: 0770510183
ISBN 13: 9780770510183
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. B/W Plates (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED: ` The Arctic Diary of Johann Miertsching 1850 - 1854 '. 254 pages, including INDEX, assisted by 4 b/w plates and two MAPS. Miertsching was enlisted in 1849 by the British Admiralty to accompany Captain McClure as interpreter on explorations to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin. Read more about : Bay of Mercy, Strood, Maui, Ogkak, Cape Bathurst, blubber-lamps,Svarte Hoeke, Providence Point, and Commander McClintock. Cond : Paper wrapper is straw-coloured with black (and white) lettering. Has gold coloured `end-papers'. Front cover graphic shows an 1951 sketch by Creswell of the ship `Investigator' held fast in Arctic ice. Light chipping at some edges and corners .Minor reading crease in spiner. Binding tight. V. light soiling. No names, marks, nor tears. QUote (p. 77) : " The captain appears on deck as usual, but seldom speaks a word and that only to the first lieutenant. I dined with the captain today, read him a sermon after coffee, and we talked on various agreeable topics; he told me how he proposed tomorrow to deal with the men who had burst open the wine and rum kegs ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 015433
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Frozen Ships: The Arctic Diary of Johann Miertsching (1850-1854)
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Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1967
ISBN 10: 0770510183
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. 8vo pp. xviii 2 254. Includes maps and index; 20 illustrations in black and white and 10 in color. The vivid accounts told about the four years in the arctic endured by the Investigator and her crew by Johann Miertsching. book. Seller Inventory # 302195
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