In 1897, the triumphant return of the Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic expedition revived widespread enthusiasm for Polar exploration. Within days of the expedition's arrival in London, newspapers ranging from the Boy's Own Paper to the Graphic were full of articles relating to the endeavours and findings of this intrepid undertaking. The demand for information did not abate and, in 1899, this two-volume account by Frederick G. Jackson (1860-1938) of his travels in Franz Josef Land was published to wide acclaim. Hailed by The ...
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In 1897, the triumphant return of the Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic expedition revived widespread enthusiasm for Polar exploration. Within days of the expedition's arrival in London, newspapers ranging from the Boy's Own Paper to the Graphic were full of articles relating to the endeavours and findings of this intrepid undertaking. The demand for information did not abate and, in 1899, this two-volume account by Frederick G. Jackson (1860-1938) of his travels in Franz Josef Land was published to wide acclaim. Hailed by The Morning Post as 'a record of solid achievement accomplished by dint of steady perseverance in the face of hardship and difficulty', Jackson's journal describes a forbidding terrain of ice and snow. Illustrated by maps and numerous anthropological and zoological images, Volume 1 opens with the voyage north and goes on to recount the team's accommodation - a wooden hut named 'Elmwood' - bear-hunts, and arduous but inspirational journeys by sledge.
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Add this copy of A Thousand Days in the Arctic: Volume 1 (Cambridge to cart. $32.67, good condition, Sold by Cambridge Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, Gloucestershire, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2012 by Cambridge University Press.
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2012. Cambridge University Press. softcover. GOOD Yellow and blue illustrated boards. Yellow titles. Stamped with the word damaged however the book is in good condition. Back board creased. 8 x 5.
Add this copy of A Thousand Days in the Arctic to cart. $63.11, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
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Add this copy of A Thousand Days in the Arctic to cart. $66.42, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
Add this copy of A Thousand Days in the Arctic to cart. $66.42, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
Add this copy of A Thousand Days in the Arctic to cart. $71.46, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Halftones, Maps. Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration ; Thousand Days in the Arctic 2 Volume Set . 122 b/w illus. 3 maps. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
Add this copy of A Thousand Days in the Arctic to cart. $71.46, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Halftones, Maps. Thousand Days in the Arctic 2 Volume Set ; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration . 80 b/w illus. 2 maps. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
Add this copy of A Thousand Days in the Arctic: Volume 1 to cart. $74.93, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
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Add this copy of A Thousand Days in the Arctic to cart. $600.00, very good condition, Sold by Appledore Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waccabuc, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1899 by Harper & Brothers.
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Collectible; Very Good. A handsome, well-preserved copy of the 1899 1st American edition. Solid and VG in its original decorative cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and decoration to the front panel and bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Thick octavo, 940 pgs. plus publisher's ads., top-edge gilt. One small, even cut to the upper right corner of the title page (reaching a small amount of the lettering) and one very small, neat former owner name to the front free endpaper. Otherwise, clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind and the 5 large color fold-out maps called for--and the crisp black-and-white plates scattered thru the text--all in very fine condition. "This is an unvarnished tale of a thousand consecutive days spent in the Arctic, printed almost word for word as it was written--while the facts and impressions were fresh in my memory--in our hut, or tent, when on sledging and boating journeys in Franz-Josef Land. It is a simple, true account and statement of facts incident to our life and work there--plain facts, penned by a plain man." (from the author's note). A very important title in early arctic exploration.
