DRYGALSKI (ENRICH von) Zum Kontinent des eisigen Sudens, FIRST EDITION, Berlin, George Reimer, 1904
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DRYGALSKI (ENRICH von)
Zum Kontinent des eisigen Sudens. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition fahrten des "Gauss" 1901-1903, first edition, half-title, photogravure frontispiece of "Gauss", numerous plates, plans and maps (some folding), large folding map in pocket at end, publisher's grey pictorial cloth gilt, spine and upper cover slightly rubbed [Spence 384; Rosove 101.A1.a; Taurus 28; OCLC 8465444], 4to (274 x 204mm.), Berlin, George Reimer, 1904
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  • A narrative of the German South Polar Expedition of 1901-03, whose ship Gauss was the second to winter over in the Antarctic, having become trapped in the ice eighty kilometres from the coast. One of the crew, Hans Harlin, "thought the ship resembled a cosy German hamlet in winter [but despite this cosiness] the expedition brought back such a vast quantity of new scientific material that a final evaluation was not completed for another twenty-seven years" (Howgego).

    Provenance: Martin L. Greene (Seattle); from Bob Finch (High Latitude), 1998.

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