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    Reference 2320 (603)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Hobbs, William Herbert
    Title THE NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS: Exploring About the North Pole of the Winds
    Publishing Information New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1930.
    Description 1st Edition: viii, 376, map endpapers, illustrated, 24 b/w plates, tailpieces. Original blue cloth covers with gilt titling. A lively account of a series of expeditions to Greenland, 1926-28. The author was Professor of Geology and Directory of the Greenland Expedition of the University of Michigan. Chapters : 1. The First Cruise to Greenland on the Morrissey; 2. In Camp on the Maligiakfjord; 3. The Motor-Canoe Swamped and the Rescue; 4. The Winds from the "Great Ice"; 5. Exploring the Upper Air; 6. The Summer Expedition to the Ice-Cap; 7. The Return on Forced Marches; 8. Again in Camp on the Maligiakfjord; 9. The Stormy Return Cruise on the Crippled Morrissey; 10. The Second Expedition to Greenland on the Disko; 11. Storm-Bound on the Walrus; 12. Building the Expedition Base on Mount Evans; 13. Reconnaissance; 14. The Second expedition to the Ice-Cap; 15. On the Ice-Cap and Back to Camp Lloyd; 16. Bangsted's Winter Expedition to the Ice-Cap; 17. The Third Greenland Expedition; 18. The Relief of Carlson at Mount Evans; 19. Preparing for the Rockford Flyers; 20. Exploring in the Caribou Country; 21. The Search for Hassell and Cramer; 22. The Rescue; 23. Shipwrecked; 24. In Peril of Waters off the Greenland Coast; 25. Aboard the Tramp-Ship Fulton; 26. Carlson's Winter Dog-Sled Expedition; 27. Our Wireless Station's Activities; 28. The Closing of the Station. With appendix and index. Shelfware, bumped, pages age toned, few small old worm holes on rear ep, contents clean. Very Good
    Price £35.00
    Keywords polar, arctic, expedition, qpolarq S1-Arc
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