1913 · London
by Mikkelsen, Ejnar.
London: William Heinemann, 1913. sep 22 2017. xviii, 305 pp. b/w plates, folding map.
First English edition of this translation from the Danish original. Mikkelsen set out in search of the lost Danmark expedtion. "Describes Mikkelsen's trip in 1909 from headquarters on Shannon Island, northward to Bronlund's grave in Lambert Land; the trip in 1910 from Shannon Island on the ice cap acrosds Frederick VIII Land... to Independence Fiord... finding notes of Mylius-Erichsen (but not diaries or remains)." - Arctic Bib11428 and note for 11438. The "Alabama" was later wrecked and the party was not rescued until 1912. A very good copy, bound in the original green cloth with silver decorations, which are lightly worn. (Inventory #: 39501)
First English edition of this translation from the Danish original. Mikkelsen set out in search of the lost Danmark expedtion. "Describes Mikkelsen's trip in 1909 from headquarters on Shannon Island, northward to Bronlund's grave in Lambert Land; the trip in 1910 from Shannon Island on the ice cap acrosds Frederick VIII Land... to Independence Fiord... finding notes of Mylius-Erichsen (but not diaries or remains)." - Arctic Bib11428 and note for 11438. The "Alabama" was later wrecked and the party was not rescued until 1912. A very good copy, bound in the original green cloth with silver decorations, which are lightly worn. (Inventory #: 39501)
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