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    Category Arctic;
    Author Ellsberg, Commander Edward
    Title HELL ON ICE: THE SAGA OF THE "JEANNETTE".
    Publishing Information New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1938
    Description 1st US Edition; x, 421pages, (3pages publishers advertisements) maps on end papers. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. Shelf wear, corners bumped, age toning to end paper maps, rear end paper split. Contents clean. In 1876, James Gordon Bennett jr, owner of the New York Herald bought the barque-rigged steamship "Jeanette" for the purpose of getting to the North Pole. In June 1879 the ship, under command of Captain DeLong, departed San Francisco on what was to become one of the most tragic and heroic expeditions in Arctic exploration.
    Price £10.00
    Keywords Arctic, exploration S1-Arc
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