POLAR GREELY ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON Three Years of Arctic Servi

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GREELY, ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON. Three Years of Arctic Service. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84. 43 plates; 9 maps, including one in Volume 2 rear cover pocket. 2 volumes. 8vo, original color-pictorial navy cloth, minimal wear; contents clean. New York, 1886

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first edition. "Undertaken during the First International Polar Year, the Greely expedition established a scientific base on Ellesmere Island for the exploration of that territory and northwest Greenland and attained a record 83°24'N. 'As relief ships failed to reach them, members
of the party made a march out of the Hall Basin area, all but seven dying of starvation before rescue at Cape Sabin, Smith Sound'--Arctic Bibliography 6118. Books on Ice 4.8.