The Adventure of Wrangel Island.

New York: Macmillan, 1925. Tragic attempt to colonize an Arctic island. "Early history of the island, a landing there by members of Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918; organization of the expedition to Wrangel... news of the expedition's end and death of four members... testimony of Ada Blackjack, Eskimo survivor" - Arctic Bib 16774. The party were supposed to be living off the land using Inuit methods. It didn't work. Five-line inscription from Stef to P. D. Moore, with a signed photo of Stefansson laid in. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, with gold lettering. Top of backstrip bumped, front inner hinge cracked but holding, else very good condition.. 22.5 cm. xxviii, 424 pp. b/w plates, folding color map