1886 Three Years of Arctic Service : Lady Franklin Bay Expedition : Greely

Three Years of Arctic Service:
An account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north

By Adolphus Greely

Published by Charles Scribners, New York, 1886. First Edition. Complete in Two Volumes. Hardback, thick 8vo, decorative cloth bindings, illustrated. Vol I. xxv, 428 pages, illustrated, frontispiece, 16 full page engravings, 54 text illustrations, 5 maps, Vol II. frontispiece, 25 full page engravings, 28 text illustrations, 4 maps (large folding map in rear pocket).

CONDITION
A very good complete set. The cloth bindings are good with light signs of age. Hinges secure with no cracking. All contents present and pages clean throughout. Overall a very good first edition.

Classic harrowing account of survival in the Arctic, after Greely had waited for reinforcements in vain for 2 years, he marched southwards and was finally forced to set up camp on Pim Island. The weeks that followed saw one of the most terrible Polar tragedies of all times. Hunger and cold took their toll and when Captain Schley's rescue expedition arrived, only 7 men, among them Greely, had survived. One of the first U.S. Polar expeditions and one of the most tragic.

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