Fridtjof Nansen : The First Crossing of Greenland : Fine Binding : 1910

The First Crossing of Greenland

By Fridtjof Nansen 

Translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910. Colonial Edition, New Impression. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. Fine binding, hardcover, octavo (18.5 x 12 x 3 cm), pp. xii, 452. English text. Finely bound in full calf gilt, cross-hatching to panels, all page edges gilt, marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, with numerous illustrations and a map of Southern Greenland, rear index in double columns. 

CONDITION 
Near fine condition. Binding tight, square and secure, the joints and hinges intact with no cracking or separation. Small dark mark to third compartment down on the spine. Some light foxing to endpapers but largely fresh and clean throughout. Presentaion slip to inside front board. Overall an excellent copy.

Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and co-founded the Fatherland League.

He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis. He won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his Fram expedition of 1893–1896. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. He was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1897.

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