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MACGAHAN, J[anuarius] A[loysius] (1844-1878). Under the Northern Lights. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876. 8vo. Illustrated with folding map and 7 engraved plates. viii, [1]-339, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's full green cloth over beveled boards, front board and spine decoratively stamped in black and gilt (binding edgeworn with some soiling, hinges starting, a few gutters cracked, some toning, occasional thumbsoiling in text). Good. THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF JOURNALIST MACGAHAN'S VOYAGE WITH SIR ALLAN YOUNG ON HIS YACHT, THE H. M. S. PANDORA IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. This expedition failed, due to being blocked by ice. However, this book also has the first printed account of Young's earlier expedition on the Fox, during which he made an 800-mile overland journey by sledge. Arctic Bibliography 10616.