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NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Fram” 1893-96 and of Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen. London: George Newnes/Archibald Constable, 1898 [i.e., 1897-98?]. 2 volumes in 20 parts, tall 8vo. Color frontispiece in part 1, numerous plates from photographs, paintings, plans, advertisements, etc. Original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black (some spotting to extremities, light chipping mostly to extreme ends). POPULAR EDITION IN THE RARE ORIGINAL PARTS, published in twenty fortnightly parts at sixpence each. Nansen’s expedition was “a remarkable achievement in Polar exploration” (PMM), undertaken to investigate “the polar basin north of Eurasia by drifting in the ice with the currents northwest from the New Siberian Islands across or near the pole” (Arctic Bibliography, see 11983). Books on Ice 5.2; PMM 384.