Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, & 1823. Edited by Major Edward Sabine.

Wrangell, Ferdinand Petrovich von; Edward Sabine.

Verlag: James Madden & Co., London, 1840

Beschreibung

Octavo (23 cm); cxxxvii, 413 pages. LACKS FOLDING MAP. In recent buckram titled on spine. Few spots in a generally clean, bright, sound copy. Reference: Arctic Bibliography 18994. account of a Russian exploring expedition sent out by the Admiralty to survey the continental Siberian coastline east of the Kolyma River and search for land in the seas north of Chukotka. Wrangell discusses Inuit life and over-ice adventures by dog-sled. These confirmed the existence of open sea at certain times, deep in the Arctic. Very Good, lacking map as noted. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6520

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea ...

Verlag: James Madden & Co., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1840

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First English language edition.