With Ski And Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers Of Spitsbergen By Sir Martin Conway Illustrated From Photographs Taken By E J Garwood

Author : Martin Conway
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333519179
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book With Ski and Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers (Classic Reprint) written by Martin Conway and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from With Ski and Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers The story of the exploration of the interior of Spits bergen, begun in 1896, as described in my former book entitled The First Crossing of Spitsbergen, is continued in the present volume, which is to be regarded as an appendix to that. In 1897 Mr. E. 7. Garwood was once more my companion. The illustrations to this book are from photographs taken by him. I here desire to return him my thanks, not only for them, but for many another kindness, for the unbroken good-fellowship of his company, and the stimulus of his society in travel. One of our two Norwegian companions, Nielsen by name, was most serviceable to us. The other was a hindrance. I have called him Svensen in this book, but that was not his name. To render the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.