Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North

Original navy blue cloth, silver titles, silver, gilt, and red polar motif on spines & front boards. Second volume includes map in rear pocket, maps and numerous illustrations in text. Arctic Bibliography 6118: "This United States expedition during the First International Polar Year, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land (northern Ellesmere Island), and extended the mapping of Hayes Sound on Ellesmere. As relief ships failed to reach them, members of the party made a march out of the Hall Basin area, all but seven dying of starvation before rescue at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound. This narrative of the expedition's course by the leader, includes accounts of the battle with ice on the sea, the sledge journeys, the life of the men in camp and on the march, and the geography of territory explored; with a chapter on polar ice." Includes sixteen scientific appendices by various expedition members.