By J. Arthur Bain
London   Walter Scott
8.5" by 6.5" xix [2], 2-449 [3] pp
An illustrated biography of the life and expeditions of Frfidtjof Nansen, a pioneering Arctic explorer and the first man to cross the Greenland interior.
By J. Arthur Bain

1897 Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

London   Walter Scott
8.5" by 6.5" xix [2], 2-449 [3] pp
An illustrated biography of the life and expeditions of Frfidtjof Nansen, a pioneering Arctic explorer and the first man to cross the Greenland interior.
£75.00
: 1.5kgs / : 797F41

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Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The revised and considerably enlarged second edition of J. Arthur Bain's biographical study of Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen, also a renowned polar explorer.

This informative study of Nansen's life and explorations includes discussions of his crossing of the Greenland interior, the Fram expedition, Nansen's home and Arctic sports.

With fifteen illustrated and photographic plates. Collated, complete.

In the blue cloth variant, with a two page publisher's advertisement to the rear, and the lengthier publisher's catalogue neatly removed.

The first man to cross the Greenland interior, and a pioneering arctic explorer, Nansen traversed the island on cross-country skis, with his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influencing a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.

This is an informative and exciting study of this great explorer.

Condition

In the publisher's original blue pictorial cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light rubbing to joints. Front and rear hinges tender, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with some light spotting and marks throughout.

Very Good

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