A THOUSAND DAYS IN THE ARCTIC. With Preface by Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock. R.N.

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Two Volumes Large Thick 8vo. xxi, 551pp xv, 580pp. folding maps and illustrations. Publishers Blue Cloth, gilt titled. uncut. 'Account of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition, led by Jackson and sponsored by Harmsworth 'to make a scientific exploration of the newly discovered Franz-Josef Land, only some part of its southern shores being then known, and the hope being reasonably entertained that it might extend far to the northward, and therefore afford facilities for a nearer approach to the North Pole than had hitherto been accomplished'. [The party left England in 1894 and spent three years based on Northbrook Island. and here that Nansen and Johansen met them in June 1896 on their return by kayak from their unsuccessful dash to the Pole] Handsome Set. N° de ref. del artículo 555

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