Large 8vo. xx, 411 pp. Color frontispiece, b/w plates, folding color map. �"A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906, including passage to Cape Sheridon, Ellesmore Island�". Peary and his club marched on the Arctic Ice Basin and returned via the northwest coast of Greenland. Includes exploration of the eastern coast of Ellesmore Island and descriptions of the S. S. Roosevelt and the Polar Eskimos. Arctic Bib. 13226. Ricks, p. 169. First English edition. Decorated cloth binding lightly rubbed, else very good condition.

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Nearest the Pole.

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Hutchinson & Co., London

Publication Date

1907

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Hardcover

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sep 22 2017

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1st Edition

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