New Land. Four Years in the Arctic Regions

Translated from the Norwegian by E.H. Hearn

By Otto Sverdrup

London: Longmans, Green, 1904. 1st UK Edition. 2 volumes. [xvi], 496pp; [xii], 504pp., 4 Appendices, Index. Numerous b/w photo plates and illustrations and maps—one folding in text, and two large coloured folding maps in rear pocket, tissue guards over each front piece; black clay endpages, tight un-cracked hinges. Publisher’s royal blue cloth with bright silver embossed picture on each front board of the Fram in ice with a dog team resting in the foreground, bright silver titles on spines. Prior owner’s signature on half title page. A Near Fine set. —Arctic Bibliography 17322.

Otto Svedrup was the second in command on the Fram during Nansen’s famous journey to the "farthest north." Upon his return from that expedition, Sverdrup began making plans to command another trip back to the Arctic, which is detailed in these volumes. The second Fram expedition (1898-1902), under the command of Otto Sverdrup, was instructed to advance towards the North Pole through Smith Sound, or to circumnavigate Greenland. Contains detailed descriptions of Ellesmere Island, life at winter quarters, hunting, and sledge journeys. Altogether more new land - some 260,000 square kilometers - was charted by Sverdrup than during any other polar expedition in history.