1898 – Robert Peary | First Edition | Arctic Exploration – Northward over Great Ice

Robert Peary was a 19th-century American explorer who made his fame on his numerous expeditions to the Arctic regions and claiming to have reached the North Pole. Prior to his 1909 expedition to the North Pole, Peary published an important report describing his first two Arctic voyages. In Northward over the Great Ice, Peary describes his voyage to Greenland:

“this narrative has been written to supply a complete authentic record of my Arctic work and covers all my work. The reader will find no padding, no resumes of previous work nor constant reference to other explorers.”

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Northward over the “Great Ice”: A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891–1897
• Author(s): Robert E. Peary
• Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes
• Edition: First American edition, 1898
• Binding: Hardcover, original cloth
• Format: (4to), two volumes
• Size:  9.25in x 7in (23 cm x 17.5 cm)
• Collation: Vol 1: [4], xv–lxxx, 521, [1]; Vol 2: [3], vi–xiv, 625, [1]
• Illustrations: Over 800 illustrations and photographs
• Contents Include:
  • Narratives from the 1886 and 1891–1897 Greenland Expeditions
  • Field Data, Topographic Observations, and Sledging Records
• Reference(s): Arctic Bib. 13231

Condition:

Very Good. Secure original cloth binding with titles intact. Both volumes remain complete. Pages and illustrations are clean. Text blocks tight. Page edges uncut.

Why Collect This?

• First edition from a major Arctic expedition leader
• Over 800 original illustrations and photographs

Item Number: #29961