Across Greenland's Ice-fields The Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice-Cap
Douglas, Miss M.
Publisher Information:
Thomas Nelson and Sons,
London:
1897.
A Very Good+ copy. Octavo (5.25 x 7.25 inches). Decorated blue buckram. (Lightly soiled) printed end papers with engraved bookplate of William Pettigrew Darsie. Pp. 218 plus 11 wood-engraved illustration and frontispiece- portrait of Nansen. A romantic and daring tale of adventure. As stated in the intro by Clements R. Markham, President of the Royal Geographic Society; Miss Douglas selected heart-stirring narratives for her theme which relate the difficulties and perils attendant on the exploration of the inland Ice of Greenland.
