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The Arctic Diary of Russell Williams Porter : Polar Exploration 1976
The Arctic Diary of Russell Williams Porter : Polar Exploration 1976
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The Arctic Diary of Russell Williams Porter
Edited by Herman R. Friis
Published by University Press of Virginia, 1976. First Edition. Large square format hardback in dust jacket. 172 pages. Profusely illustrated.
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A good clean copy throughout and in a good unclipped dust jacket. Pages in good clean condition throughout. No names or writing. Overall very good.
Russell William Porter [1871-1949] was am artist, engineer, amateur astronomer and explorer. He was inspired to go to the Arctic from an 1892 lecture by Robert Peary on his reconnaissance across northern Greenland. He made a voyage to Greenland with Frederick Cook in 1894. During the next 18 years he participated in ten Arctic expeditions. From the Preface, "...he took many photographs...made numerous pencil sketches, watercolor and oil paintings, pastel sketches, and pen-and-ink drawings; these represent some of the most valuable graphic records of the Arctic for this period [1894 to 1912] of pioneering geographical exploration.
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