Polar Books Catalogue

  • Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;

    Search for a book by author or title

    one or two words from the title should be enough
    + ensures a word is present, - excludes it
    Putting your search in " " means the exact phrase is searched

    I.e. South Polar brings all titles that have South and/or Polar in them whilst "South Polar" will only bring those titles up that have South Polar in that order in them
    Click for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (34396 bytes)
    Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (34396 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (37355 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (36720 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (37521 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (47975 bytes)
    Reference 2482 (1731)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Melville, Geroge W
    Title IN THE LENA DELTA: A Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander De Long and his Companions, Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole.
    Publishing Information Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Cambridge: Riverside Press 1884/1885.
    Description 1st Edition. xiii, 497 pages, [8 pages publishers advertisements], illustrated, 16 plates, 4 double page maps. Engraved portrait frontispiece and facsimile signature of Melville protected by tissue guard. Original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. previous owners signature dated 1933 on front end paper, shelf wear and some minor bumping/ rubbing to covers, contents clean. Melville was chief engineer aboard the Jeannette in De Long's expedition of 1879-81. He here relates the voyage, the drift and loss of the ship in June of 1881 in the East Siberian Sea, the crew's retreat by sledge and boat towards the Siberian coast, the separation of the two parties, and Melville's search for De Long in the Lena River region of Yakutia. Melville later served as chief engineer aboard the Thetis during the Greely rescue, an account of which is also given. Arctic Bib.11239
    Price £110.00
    Keywords
    ISBN
    Add this to your basket