Fridtjof Nansen - Fridtjof Nansen's 'Farthest North': Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram - 1897

"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". A milestone of arctic exploration!! In two volumes, COMPLETE, published by Harper & Brothers in 1897 Volume 1 & 2. FIRST American . An account of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen's expedition on the "Fram", from 1893-1896, where he tried to reach the geographical North Pole. After eighteen months the explorers left the ship and carried on the expedition with a team of dogs and sledges. Although they did not reach the pole they did reach the farthest North latitude. Illustrated with about one hundred and twenty full-page illustrations, including many colour plates with tissue guards, numerous intext illustrations, and a 4 foldout colour maps in pocket in overall like fine condition!!!!
Original cloth with light wear around edges and corners, shelfwear,binding firm and tight. Pages and illustrations very clean. These books are in very good overall condition.
Nansen 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.
Very well preserved copies!!!!!
Scarce.