Spring On An Arctic Island
by Scherman, Katharine
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. Foreword by the author. Katharine Scherman went with a scientific expedition of eight Americans to Bylot Island, four hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle. She found herself absorbed by the life of a people who are still living in the world of two thousand years ago. With equal wonder and curiosity she studied the small swarming life of the spring tundra.... Warm-hearted, witty and spirited 'Spring On An Arctic Island' is full of strange and wonderful scientific and human information. A generous list of illustrations provided. Photo illustrations on heavier semi-gloss stock accompany text. 331 pp include index. Front and rear endpapers make up a two-page map spread of Bylot Island. Bookplate to fep. Name to prelim. Dust jacket design by Samuel H. Bryant. A respectable copy.. BOMC Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Bylot Island + Arctic Culture + Scientific Expedition Bylot Island + Arctic Legends + Eskimos + Dog Sledding + Seal Hunting + Arctic History + Baffin Island + NOISBN. Catalogs: Arctic.
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- Seller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- B1353
- Title
- Spring On An Arctic Island
- Author
- Scherman, Katharine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- BOMC Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARCTIC;
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