(ARCTIC) Nares George Strong Narrative of a Voyage to the Po

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(ARCTIC.) Nares, George Strong. Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-76 in H.M. Ships "Alert" and "Discovery." 2 folding maps, 6 mounted Woodbury photographs, 8 other plates, text illustrations. xl, 395; viii, 378 pages plus 32 pages of publisher's ads. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's cloth, minor wear, recased; repaired tear to first map, minor foxing; uncut; original binder's tags on rear pastedowns, Edinger bookplates. London, 1878

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Second edition of Volume I, first edition of Volume II in matched bindings. With explorations of northwest Greenland and Ellesmere Island, Nares's 1875-76 attempt at the North Pole via Smith Sound was the first significant British Arctic expedition following the search for Franklin. Although failing to attain the Pole, the expedition achieved record latitudes for both ship and sledge, and became the first to reach Cape Columbia, the northernmost point of land in the Canadian Arctic. Arctic Bibliography 12026a.