1898 "Farthest North": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen With An Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The second UK edition, being the first edition in this decorative binding. 

In the second edition desirable decorative cloth binding, with silver and gilt illustrations and details. 

Illustrated with one chromolithographed plate, one colour folding map, fifty-nine plates, and monochrome vignettes to 'Vol I'.

Collated, lacking the frontispiece.

Volume II is illustrated with a frontispiece, fifty-one plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. 

Nansen's exciting first hand account of his 1893 to 1896 Norwegian Polar Expedition, also known as the Fram expedition. The Fram expedition was an attempt by Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole. Though they did not reach their goal, they did achieve a record Farthest North latitude. This account was an instant success, feeding the public's fascination of Polar exploration.

A two volume complete set.