Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North

Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North

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xi, 467 pp. 8vo. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Arctic Bibliography 5271: "English translation of Min gronlandske ungdom, 1936, with additional text and illustrations. Account of the author's experiences as a member of the Danmark expedition to East Greenland, 1906-1907; the meteorological, geological and geographic investigations; events leading to the establishment of the Thule mission and trading post in northwest Greenland by Knud Rasmussen, 1910; encounters with American explorers in Greenland; the Eskimos, geography, the wildlife, vegetation, sledge and hunting trips, a sledge journey on the inland ice; the Thule expeditions."