NANSEN'S "FARTHEST NORTH"

2 volumes. 1898 first edition.

The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-1896.

Original highly decorative beveled boards.

Gilt title and boat vignette on covers.

Gilt title and vignette to spines.

Triple gilt page-blocks.

Colour endpapers. Gift inscription on inside.

Volume I.

xv, 480 pages.

Frontispiece portrait plate.

Dedication page & publishers note.

Full-page colour plate with tissue-guard.

59 full-page plates.

In-text illustrations.

Large folding facsimile colour map [small tape repair].

Volume II.

viii, 456 pages.

Frontispiece plate.

50 full-page plates.

1 full-page map.

In-text illustrations.

A nice clean and sound set.

Through his early whaling experiences and the 1888-9

Greenland expedition, Dr. Nansen became convinced

of a regular ice-drift from Alaska to Greenland.

Defying accepted opinion Nansen's audacious

plan was to allow his ship to be frozen in the ice-pack,

then drift in the ship across the Arctic.

In a vessel of his own design, weighing 400 tons and strong

enough to withstand the crushing ice, the expedition sailed

from Norway in June 1893. The 'Fram' successfully returned

home to Norway in August 1896.

Recorded shipping weight 3000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.