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This well-illustrated account of polar exploration was originally
published in Norway in 1903, and in this two-volume English
translation in 1904. It tells the story of the four years spent by
Otto Sverdrup (1854 1930) and his crew in surveying and charting
the seas and coastlines of the Arctic. Sverdrup had qualified as a
ship's master when he first met Fridtjof Nansen, whose Greenland
expedition of 1888 he accompanied. He advised on the construction
of Nansen's wooden ship, the Fram, and became its master in 1895.
Both with Nansen and under his own leadership, he undertook many
expeditions. In June 1898, he took the Fram and a crew including
several scientists to Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic,
where they overwintered for four years. Volume 2 describes the
remainder of the expedition's time on the ice, and also the results
of the various scientific surveys made by the crew."
This well-illustrated account of polar exploration was originally
published in Norway in 1903, and in this two-volume English
translation in 1904. It tells the story of the four years spent by
Otto Sverdrup (1854 1930) and his crew in surveying and charting
the seas and coastlines of the Arctic. Sverdrup had qualified as a
ship's master when he first met Fridtjof Nansen, whose Greenland
expedition of 1888 he accompanied. He advised on the construction
of Nansen's wooden ship, the Fram, and became its master in 1895.
Both with Nansen and under his own leadership, he undertook many
expeditions. In June 1898, he took the Fram and a crew including
several scientists to Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic,
where they overwintered for four years. Volume 1 describes the life
and work of the first two years, including extensive trips away
from the Fram, both on land and on the ice."
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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