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Amundsen, Roald and Ellsworth, L.
FIRST CROSSING OF THE POLAR SEA
"W26754" "" "First Crossing of the Polar Sea." "Polar" ". George H. Doran, N.Y. 1927, first edition, 324 pages, profusely illustrated with B & W photographs. Includes additional chapters by members of the expedition. Heavily financed by Ellsworth, transfer of ownership of the the Italian airship ""N1"" was arranged with Mussolini's support, and it was rechristened ""The Norge."" Umberto Nobile, who had supervised construction and who had operating experience with ""N1"" was chosen as commander of the ""Norge."" The flight in 1926 took Amundsen and Ellsworth across the North Pole from Spitsbergen to Alaska. Flags of the three countries involved, Norway, Italy and the U.S. wer dropped at the Pole. No dust jacket. Moderate wear. Very Good Plus. ID#: 2685
$125.00
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Anderson, Commander William R.
NAUTILUS 90 NORTH
"W30349" Tab Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 1989, first edition thus (originally published in 1959,) Military Classics series Written with Clay Blair, Jr. This is the true story of one of the most daring adventures of all time -- the voyage of the Nautilus across the North Pole --under the Arctic ice pack. Told by Commander Willliam R. Anderson, this is a spine-tingling story of the men and the ship who made modern history by opening, with one bold stroke, a Northwest passage across the top of the world in an epic voyage. In 1996, the nuclear submarine USS Pogy, made another trip under the ice across the North Pole and this copy of the book is inscribeed by Jeffrey T. Powers, executive officer of the Pogy as follows ""This book accompanied the nuclear powered submarine USS Pogy on a scientific research expediton to the Arctic Ocean. Like Nautilus, Pogy achieved the Pole submerged on 19 September 1996 and at 1833 hours Pogy's position was 90 degrees North. During 50 days beneath the Arctic pack ice, Pogy steamed 17,711 nautical miles and surfaced through the ice 19 times."" The book is also signed on the title page by James T. Reilly, commanding officer, by Dr. Raymond Sambrotto, chief scientist, and by Jeffrey Gossett, Arctic advisor. Included with the book are three color photographs taken when the Pogy surfaced through the ice and also a U.S. postal envelope stamped Sept. 19, 1996 at the North Pole. The dust jacket of the book is price-clipped otherwise jacket and book are Very Fine. A unique item.. ID#: 2687
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Brown, Bern Will
A TIME IN THE ARCTIC
"LG30172" privately printed by the author 2007, first edition, wide octavo, 96 pages, a book of spectacular color photographs by the author depicting life in the far north. Throughout his lifetime, Bern Will Brown recorded the places where he lived and traveled and the people he came to know, in photographs, on film and in his paintings. Most of the photographs in this book were taken in the 1950s, when many northerners still led traditional lives and had strong ties to the land. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Dust Jacket, Very Fine. ID#: 2233
$45.00
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Byrd, Richard E.
Alone
[T29625] G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y. 1938, first edition, 296 pages, decorations by Richard E. Harrison. Dust jacket is ragged. Book is Very Good Plus. ID#: 335
$15.00
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CAMPBELL, BRUCE D.
WHERE THE HIGH WINDS BLOW
[020242] NEW YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946, 1946. 1st. Exploration and travel in the North Canadian Arctic over 5 years written while a POW in Germany. Very Good/No DJ Spine lightly sunned. ID#: 336
$10.00
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Counter, S. Allen
North Pole Legacy; Black, White and Eskimo
[T29755] U. od Massachusetts Press, Amherst 1991, first edition, 222 pages, historic B & W photgraphs. Dust jacket is slightly chipped. Book has a small remainder mark otherwise Fine. ID#: 337
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De Poncins, Gontran
Kabloona
[T29726] Garden City Publishing, N.Y. 1943 reprint of the 1941 work, 359 pages plus 32 pages of incrdible B & W photographs of Eskimo people and their life, map endpapers, line drawings by the author. "A white man, journeying alone among the Eskimos, describes their lives, customs and amazing social code in a series of powerful and unforgetable sketches of a people whose civilization is a throw-back to the ice age." Dust jacket is somewhat ragged. The book has a small previous owner inscription but is otherwise Near Fine. ID#: 338
$12.50
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Finnie, Richard
Canada Moves North
[T27333] Macmillan, N.Y. 1942, 1st printing, 227 pages, B & W photos, map endpapers. Very Good. ID#: 339
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Fleming, Fergus
NINETY DEGREES NORTH, THE QUEST FOR THE NORTH POLE
"T30462" Grove Press, N.Y. 2001, first American edition stated, 470 pages, illustrated with B & W photographs, paintings and drawings, map.This book is a high octane,swashbuckling history of the:ice-clumped lunatics who vied to conquor ultimate north.. Intrepid, obsessive, sometimes just plain insane, they endured, scurvy, months-long ice traps, unspeakable deprivation, polar bear attacks and sunless minus hundred degree winters that often led to mutiny and madness. Dust jacket is price-clipped otherwise jacket and book are Very Fine. ID#: 2991
$25.00
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