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Polar gleams : an account of a voyage on the yacht 'Blencathra' / by Helen Peel ; with ... contributions by Joseph Wiggins and Frederick G. Jackson.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia BI 1894 Peel
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peel, Helen, b. 1870.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peel, Helen, b. 1870.
- Peel, Helen.
- Arctic regions--Description and travel.
- Arctic regions.
- Norway--Description and travel.
- Norway.
- Siberia (Russia)--Description and travel.
- Siberia (Russia).
- Genre:
- Informational works.
- Brocade bindings (Binding) -- 1894.
- Publishers' advertisements -- 1894.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 211 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Edward Arnold, 1894.
- Notes:
- " ... an account of [Captain Joseph Wiggins'] journey after parting company with the Blencathra at Golchika, and some remarks on the Nansen expedition": p. [145]-182.
- "A letter from Frederick G. Jackson on his proposed polar expedition": p. [183]-190.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in brown brocade cloth with text in silver on front cover and spine. Design of walrus in silver on spine.
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- Athenaeum copy: Formerly the property of the Center for Fiction.
- OCLC:
- 13630110
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