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    Reference 3274 (2438)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Amundsen, Roald
    Title THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE. Being The Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the The Ship "Gjoa" 1903-1907 by Roald Amundsen with a Supplement By First Lieutenant Hansen Vice-Commander Of The Expedition.
    Publishing Information London: Archibald Constable and Company Limited, 1908.
    Description 1st Edition; Vol I, xiii, 335 pages, 1 colour fold-out map in rear pocket, frontispiece,numerous b/w plates and illustrations; Vol II, ix, 397 pages, fold-out map in rear pocket, numerous b/w plates and illustrations. Original covers, top page edges gilt. Shelf wear, contents clean, shelf wear, closed repaired tears with archival quality tape to pages 13 to 16, no loss of text. The great Norwegian explorer and adventurer, Amundsen (1872-1928), commenced in 1903 a sailing voyage in the ship "Gjoa" which ended in 1906; and took him and his crew from east to west through the northwest Passage, in the course of which voyage he located the magnetic North Pole. Amundsen's first great adventure, for which he had to leave Norway in the dead of the night to avoid creditors, who wanted to seize his ship. The GJOA was the first vessel to transit the northwest passage, and the accomplishment brought fame to Amundsen, and gave him the resources to mount his successful 1910-12 South Pole expedition.
    Price £500.00
    Keywords Arctic, expedition, polar, North pole, qpolarq S1-Arc
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