Geography of the Polar Regions

By Otto Nordenskjold & Ludwig Mecking

With: Two Polar Maps with notes on Recent Polar Exploration ~ A Brief History of Polar Exploration since the Introduction of Flying

By W L Joerg

Geography of the Polar Regions:

New York. American Geographical Society, 1928. 8vo, 359pp. With numerous illustrations, maps & plans, Bibliography, Index.

A detailed & thorough including chapters on Polar Nature : Climate, Topography, Ice, Soils, Vegetation & Animal life, plus a break down of myriad chapters on the Arctic & Antarctic specifics, including Baffin Island, The Siberian Arctic zone, Polar Urals, Greenland, Spitzbergen, etc. as well as Southern Victoria Land, Ross sea, The Islands of West Antarctica, The Sub Arctic Islands of the Indian ocean, etc.

Two Polar Maps with notes on Recent Polar Exploration:

New York, American Geographical Society, 1930. 8vo, 50pp., numerous maps in text plus two large folding color maps of the polar regions, original publishers gray wraps, prior owner’s discreet name stamp on front cover, otherwise a Fine copy.