STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (1879-1962). The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921.
Royal 8vo. Numerous illustrations throughout, mostly from photographs and maps, 2 large folding maps in rear pocket. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth (ends and corners a bit rubbed, spine slightly sunned, small residue spot on spine from old sticker); original dust jacket (edgewear including some separation of rear panel from spine, ends and corners chipped, spine sunned, spotting, mainly to verso, original price inked-out). Provenance: original ownership signature.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY STEFANSSON and dated in the year of publication. An extraordinary account and extensive documentation of Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, that was assembled to investigate the most remote areas of the western Canadian Arctic, especially the Beaufort Sea and Coronation Gulf. The work includes vast information on Inuit peoples, fauna and flora, and methods of Arctic travel. Arctic Bibliography 16808.