A Thousand Days in the Arctic; [Preface by Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock] [Illustrated from Photographs by the Author and Drawings by R. W. Macbeth, Clifford Carleton, Harry C. Edwards, & F.W. Frohawk]
by Jackson, Frederick G
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good. [9x6.25in]; xxi, 940 pp., [4] advertisements, frontispiece images of Jackson and Harmsworth, 211 illustrations and images on plates, five colored fold out maps of Franz-Joseph Land, appendices and index; Re-cased with original Dark green-blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt bordered color arctic landscape on front, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners with rubbing to edges. [Arctic Biblio 7943, Howgego III J1]. Frederick George Jackson (1860-1938) a British arctic explorer of Siberia and leader of the 1894-97 Jackson-Harmsworth expedition to explore Franz-Joseph Land (Royal Geographical Society). During that expedition, Jackson found Fridtjof Nansen, who was presumed lost and dead, and helped direct him to safety and home. This book is about the 1000 consecutive days spent in the remote Arctic from Jackson's journals and notes. From the Arctic Bibliography, "The author's journal (p. 5-775) records day by day, July 12, 1894-Sept. 3, 1897, the course and events of the expedition, describes in detail the hunting, weather, ice conditions, the polar night and its effects, pony and dog sledging, the terrain, health, food, etc." From Howgego, Jackson's book inspired Amundsen and provided details on Arctic survival, and inspired Shackleton to take horses to Antarctica on the Nimrod Expedition.
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- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA (US)
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- Title
- A Thousand Days in the Arctic; [Preface by Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock] [Illustrated from Photographs by the Author and Drawings by R. W. Macbeth, Clifford Carleton, Harry C. Edwards, & F.W. Frohawk]
- Author
- Jackson, Frederick G
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Inuit, first nation,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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