Three Years Of Arctic Service; An Account Of The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition Of 1881-84 And The Attainment Of The Farthest North Greely, Adolphus W. History,Science,Travel

2 vol. Large 8vo. [5], vi-xxv, [2], 2-428, [2]; [3], iv-xii, [3], 2-444, [2] pp. Navy publisher's cloth with silver lettering on the front boards and spines, a red, white, silver, gold, and grey decoration on each front board, decoration in the same colors on the spines. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Volume one illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, numerous plates, and with dozens of in-text illustrations (all illustrations called for are present). Volume two illustrated with a frontispiece, four maps (including one in the pocket), and with numerous plates and in-text illustrations (all illustrations called for are present). Arctic Bibliography 6118. Greely and his team explored the north coast of Greenland during this expedition. Greely details their difficulties with navigating sea ice, starvation, and what life in the camp was like. The appendices contain geological data of the North Pole, observations of Inuit peoples, and contain information on birds and other animals native to the North Pole. Light rubbing to the cloth's edges, volume one's hinges are cracked, a 1923 gift inscription (in pencil) in each volume.