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    Category Arctic;
    Author Markham, Capt. Albert Hastings.
    Title THE GREAT FROZEN SEA. A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert During the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6
    Publishing Information London: Daldy, Isbister, & Co., 1878.
    Description 3rd edition: xx, 440 pages. MISSING 2 of the 7 full page plates and the folding map and 1 of the 2 double-page colour plates of the flags and activities of the sledge parties. Library blue cloth binding with gilt titling and library numbers to spine. Ex. Libri, pages grubby, some split, some repaired, spotting, embossed library stamps. Reading copy. The author commanded the Alert during the British Arctic Expedition under Nares to the North Polar Sea, and wintered on Ellesmere Island. Markham led the two-sledge party that attempted to reach the North Pole in 1876, but was forced to turn back on account of his party suffering from scurvy. His account describes in detail the passage, wintering, sledge journeys, notes on the dogs, scurvy, frostbite, snow blindness, and other occurrences. Markham was appointed second-in-command of HMS Alert under Captain Nares. Despite suffering from scurvy and being poorly clothed, he led a sledge-party to reach the highest latitude ever attained at the time, a record that stood for 20 years. They did, however, fail to realise their ultimate goal of reaching the North Pole. In 1879 he accompanied Sir H. Gore Booth aboard the Isbjorn to Novaya Zemlya, a remote island in northern Russia. He remained an avid supporter of both Arctic and Antarctic exploration and delighted in the successes of young explorers.
    Price £15.00
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