THE FRIENDLY ARCTIC (Signed by author)

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SUBTITLED: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xxxi, 784 pgs, index, appendices, photo illustrations, text maps, 2 folding maps in pocket. First printing. Blue cloth with gilt titled cover and spine. Signed by author on front free endpaper. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Spine rubbed. Interior has bookplate of former owner, else clean and tight. Folding maps complete and without tearing. Signed by Stefansson on front free endpaper, dated December 1921. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: This is Stefansson's most famous work. Over the course of three forays into the Arctic between 1906 and 1918, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, one of Canada's most renowned Arctic explorers, travelled more than 32,000 km by sled and dog team, and explored some of the world s last uncharted territory. His The Friendly Arctic, had a simple message: the Arctic was not a bleak, frozen wasteland, but a habitable region that must be developed. N° de ref. del artículo 0623030

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