The Great Polar Journey: In the Footsteps of Nansen
by Ousland, Børge
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 8299437954
- ISBN 13
- 9788299437950
- Seller
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Livingston, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Ousland, 2009. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed and inscribed "polar greetings" by author on title page to explorer and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. First English language edition. Quarto (27.5 cm), pp. 195. Pictorial boards with matching jacket, photo collage on endpapers. Jacket and boards with slight edge wear. Profusely illustrated with color photos and illustrations.Inspired by the story of the shipwrecked and icebound Jeannette, explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen set off in 1895 across Franz Joseph Land in a failed attempt to reach the North Pole. In 2007, the author and his crew became the first expedition to replicate that journey.
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- Bookseller
- Elk River Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20900
- Title
- The Great Polar Journey
- Author
- Ousland, Børge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 8299437954
- ISBN 13
- 9788299437950
- Publisher
- Ousland
- Date Published
- 2009
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