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Sverdrup, Otto NEW LAND. FOUR YEARS IN THE ARCTI

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Sverdrup, Otto  NEW LAND. FOUR YEARS IN THE ARCTI
Sverdrup, Otto NEW LAND. FOUR YEARS IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS. London: Longmans, Green 1904 2 vols. xvi,496; xii,504pp. Many photo plates, maps, incl. 4 colored maps on 2 folding sheets in binding pocket. Original silver decorated cloth, generally a very good, bright copy. (2)

Arctic Bibl. 17322. Narrative of the Second Fram Expedition, 1898-1902, under Sverdrup. Includes the mapping of southern & western Ellesmere Island, and the discovery of Axel Heiberg, Ellef Ringnes, Anud Ringnes, and Findlay Islands. The expedition filled in the last major unknown area on the map of the western Arctic.