NANSEN FRIDTJOF The First Crossing of Greenland

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NANSEN, FRIDTJOF. The First Crossing of Greenland. 5 maps, 12 plates. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's cloth pictorially stamped in silver, some fading to the backstrips, rear joint of volume two with some wear, other minor wear at extremities; short tear to the folding map, minor foxing along the fore edge; early owner's signature on the front free endpaper (George S. Cushing). Publisher's ads in the rear. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1890

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first edition in english. Nansen's Norwegian Greenland Expedition of 1888-89 accomplished a signficant feat when he became the first to ski across Greenland. In addition, he was able to travel far out onto the ice cap and designed new sledges that would be used in many future polar expeditions. Arctic Bibliography 11985.

From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.