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    Reference 2143 (1515)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Greely, A.W
    Title THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE: AN ACCOUNT OF THE LADY FRANKLIN BAY EXPEDITION OF 1881-84 AND THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FARTHEST NORTH.
    Publishing Information New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886.
    Description 1st US Edition; Vol I. xxv, 428 pages, illustrated, frontispiece, 16 full page engravings, 54 text illustrations, 5 maps, Vol II. frontispiece, 25 full page engravings, 28 text illustrations, 4 maps (large folding map in rear pocket), marble page edges. Rebound, blue covers with gilt tiling to spine. Previous owners signature on prelims, public library embossed stamp on title pages and odd page, both volumes. Vol I: 3 of the 5 maps are laid in as are plates by 40 and 80. Vol II frontispiece is laid in as is the plate at page 333, the map at page 36 is laid in. (All are originals). The large original folding map in the pocket is present. There are discrete annotations and lines in margins. Classic harrowing account of survival in the Arctic, after Greely had waited for reinforcements in vain for 2 years, he marched southwards and was finally forced to set up camp on Pim Island. The weeks that followed saw one of the most terrible Polar tragedies of all times. Hunger and cold took their toll and when Captain Schley's rescue expedition arrived, only 7 men, among them Greely, had survived. One of the first U.S. Polar expeditions and one of the most tragic. An account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, drawn from Greeley's diaries. The purpose of the expedition, was to establish a meteorological-observation station, and to collect astronomical and polar magnetic data. Two members of the crew established a new "Farthest North" record during the expedition, which claimed the lives of all but seven of its crew.
    Price £170.00
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