THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE AN ACCOUNT OF THE LADY FRANKLIN BAY EXPEDITION OF 1881 - 1884 AND THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FARTHEST NORTH
1886 · New York
by Greely, Adolphus W
New York, 1886. Two volumes. xxv,[1],428; xii,[2],444pp. Nine maps, including two folding and one in pocket. Publisher's pictorial cloth. Light shelf wear to spine ends. Internally very clean. Very good, a handsome copy. First American edition. The tremendous story of Greely's grueling Arctic expedition, ending with the party's long privation and the rescue of the survivors. "Includes accounts of the battle with ice on the sea, the sledge journeys, the life of the men in camp and on the march, and the geography of territory explored; with a chapter on polar ice" - ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. Greely hand explored far northern Greenland; the expedition was fraught with dissension, and lost a number of men. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 6118. (Inventory #: WRCAM50763)