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    Reference 2499 (2427)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Mikkelsen, Ejnar (Translated from the Danish by Maurice Michael)
    Title Mirage in The Arctic.
    Publishing Information London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955.
    Description 1st UK Edition: 216 pages. illustrated, map, 20 b/w photographs. Original covers in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Contents clean. An account of the author's search for land in the Beaufort Sea. Classic Arctic survival story and a remarkable account of companionship in the face of adversity by Mikkelsen, who after many setbacks and wintering with Eskimos in October 1907, set out alone on a 2,500mile sledge journey through Alaska and Canada, this was during the times of the gold rush. An amazing narrative. An account of the author's search for land in the Beaufort Sea and the subsequent journey of 2,500 miles south, through Alaska and Canada. During the trip he met many of the prospectors who thronged the Gold towns in search of fortune.
    Price £30.00
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