Sverdrup's Arctic Adventure

Otto Sverdrup; T. C. Fairley

Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1959

About this Item

An adaptation of Sverdrup's previous work New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions, with additional chapters. First edition. Adapted from the previous work New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions. Illustrated with ten photographs and eight charts. Collated complete. A detailed account of time spent exploring the Arctic regions, with chapters on Arctic sickness, Harbour Fjord, Norwegian bays, Autumn hunting, wolf attacks, sea voyages, and much more. Written by Otto Sverdrup, a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer. Edited with additions from T. C. Fairley. Previously held in the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice "Kenn" Back, an English meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey and descendant of explorer George Back. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine.

Seller Inventory # 862T94

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sverdrup's Arctic Adventure
• Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co., London
• Publication Date: 1959
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Polar