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The Fram expedition : Nansen in the frozen world : preceded by a biography of the great explorer and copious extracts from Nansen's "First crossing of Greenland," also an account by Eivind Astrup, of life among people near the Pole, and his Journey across northern Greenland with Lieut. R.E. Peary, U.S.N.

Uniform Title
Fram ekspeditionen. English.
Title
The Fram expedition : Nansen in the frozen world : preceded by a biography of the great explorer and copious extracts from Nansen's "First crossing of Greenland," also an account by Eivind Astrup, of life among people near the Pole, and his Journey across northern Greenland with Lieut. R.E. Peary, U.S.N. / arranged and edited by S.L. Berens, cand. phil. ; followed by a brief history of the principal earlier Arctic explorations from the ninth century to the Peary expedition, including those of Cabot, Frobisher, Bering, Sir John Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall, Nordenskjöld, Nares, Schwatka, DeLong, Greely, and others by John E. Read.
Published
Philadelphia, Pa. : A.J. Holman & Co., publishers, c1897.
Physical Description
[2], viii, [9]-560 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., ports., maps ; 24 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2014 637: Ownership inscription: Chas Howard Blake.
Notes
At head of title: The "Fram" expedition.
"Profusely illustrated."
Translation of: "Fram" ekspeditionen : Nansen i den frosne verden.
Title page printed in red and black.
Variant and related titles
Nansen in the frozen world
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2014
Contents
Nansen in the frozen world
Nansen's story as told by himself
Peary's journey across northern Greenland, the North Greenland expedition of 1891-92 / written by Eivind Astrup
Brief history of the principal earlier Arctic explorations / by John E. Read
Polar expeditions of 1897.
Subjects (Local Yale)
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