Had enough of the Summer Heat?
Here in Central Florida, we have. Though we have a few more weeks until the Autumn winds bring relief try a book from the Frigid Polar Regions, crank the air down and join an expedition or voyage or chill-out with a children’s book.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1871. First Edition, First Printing. A Near Fine Hardcover. Is it possible to connect two continents by a telegraph line through Bering Strait? Richard J. Bush thought it was possible even though he encountered challenges such as a sinking ship, shortage of supplies, annoying.....
![Item #010810 [Norway] With Ski & Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers. Sir Martin Conway](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/010810.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1647802056)
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1898. Photography by E. J. Garwood (1864-1949). First Edition, First Printing. A Good Hardcover. Difficult to find in any condition.Background Information:An exploration of the interior of West Spitsbergen undertaken during the summers of 1896 and 1897, in the company of E. J. Garwood, whose photographs.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. 'Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read.' [Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of the Sea] In 1871, America's last fleet of whaling ships was destroyed in.....
New York & London: Thames & Hudson, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. In the Canadian Arctic, animal skin boots are worn to provide protection from the low temperatures. The boots are made by the Inuit women. The diverse styles and decoration are shown here, while the authors tell of their.....
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover in a Custom Box. The expedition proved that Franklin's ships had not been lost in Baffin's Bay. Much of the success of the voyage was due to the steam tenders, which, opened new prospects for.....
![Item #013423 Journey to Ararat [Mountaineering]. Friedrich Dr. Parrot, William Desborough Cooley](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/013423.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707506570)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Travels through Russian Caucasus and Armenia to the legendary mountain Ararat, including an account of the ascent includes technical scientific reports. In February 1828, the Russian Empire annexed the historical Armenian province of Erivan (Yerevan) from.....
London: R.H. Porter, 1899. First Edition, First Printing. A Near Fine Hardcover. A remarkable account of an ambitious project, this book forms part of the nineteenth-century genre of scientific travel literature and contains still-relevant information about the Arctic environment.In 1895, naturalists Henry J. Pearson and Colonel H. W. Feilden sailed.....
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1935. Later Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. This autobiography of Robert E. Peary’s daughter, born in Greenland during one of his Arctic expeditions, the narrative for children describes life with the Eskimo [Inuit] delightfully showing the culture and daily life. The illustrations are from photographs.....
![Item #16017 Muskox. Little Tooktoo’s Friend [Greenland]. Marie Ahnighito Peary, 1893 - 1978,...](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16017.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699629805)
New York: William Morrow & CO., 1931. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. This is the story of how a baby muskox raised as a pet, had to adjust to life in the Arctic and how he and Santa's youngest reindeer named Tooktoo became fast friends. The author.....
New York: Doubleday, Page, 1907. A Very Good Hardcover. The book was published one year prior to Peary's final attempt to reach the pole. The reviewer for Georgaphic Journal, [Sept. 1907] praises Peary's efforts and his use of the Inuit to reach his goals.Although the ship reached a high latitude.....
Little, Brown & Company: Boston, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket. A group of scientists spends a season in 1954 living with the people of the Arctic and studying wildlife. This is the story of the unfolding of an Arctic springtime, a subtle.....
![Item #15331 A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North [Jan Welzl; Polar Explorer]. Peter Sis](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15331.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1647458214)
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1993. Illustrated by Peter Sis. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. An illustrated story based on the exploits of a Czech folk hero, Jan Welzl sets out on a thirty-year odyssey to explore the Arctic wilderness, in an adventure that.....