KAPTEIN JACOBSENS REISER TIL NORDAMERIKAS NORDVESTKYST 1881-83

Kristiania [Oslo, 1887. xxxviii,[2],329pp. plus numerous in-text illustrations, two plates, and three maps (one folding). Publisher's original green cloth, stamped in gilt, black, and blind. Minor edge wear, spine ends and corners frayed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown, hinges a bit tender (as usual), mild even toning. Very good. The Norwegian translation of Jacobsen's 1881- 83 expedition to Alaska and British Columbia tasked with collecting ethnological artifacts and information. "Principal trip was a six- month sledge trip in winter of 1882-83, along south side of Seward Peninsula to Bering Strait; across base of Seward Peninsula to Kobuk River on Kotzebue Sound; across Yukon delta; along lower Kuskokwim River; and southeast to Togiak Bay. A steamer trip was made up the Yukon River to the Tanana and return; an umiak trip from Bristol Bay to and along Cook's Inlet via Iliamna Lake; and a short visit to the Copper River delta. Chief collections (of which numerous illus.) were made from West Alaska Eskimos and Ingalik Indians; lesser ones from northern Tlingit and other nearby tribes. Includes detailed descriptions of shamanistic performances and festivals, and other varied ethnologic data. Archeologic excavations were made at a village site (Soonroodna) on Kenai Peninsula. Sea-otter hunting reported from Kenai Peninsula" - ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. The first Norwegian edition, and more difficult to obtain than the German edition. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 7956 (ref). TOURVILLE 2315. SMITH 5093