Fram over Polhavet. Den Norske Polarfaerd 1893-1896. Med et tillaeg af Otto Sverdrup. -

Kristiania, H. Aschehoug & Co, 1897.2 volumes. Contemporary half morocco, spines lettered in gilt. With portrait, coloured plate, 3 folding coloured maps, and ca. 200 photographic illustrations and plates. (12),526; (8),553 pp.First Norwegian edition; the English edition was published as Farthest north the same year. - Classic account of the first Fram expedition 1893-96, a remarkable achievement in polar exploration. Contains descriptions of the voyage from northern Norway July 1893, across the Kara Sea to the New Siberian Islands and the drift thence across the polar sea, September 1893 - March 1895. Includes account of Nansen's and Johansen's sledge journey toward the North Pole, their wintering on Franz Josef's Land and the trip home, March 1895 - August 1896, with excerpts from Nansen's diary and a supplement by Otto Sverdrup on the Fram's drift in the ice, March 1895 - August 1896. He reached the farthest north latitude yet attained by man. This great journey received world-wide acclaim and brought him many international honours. After the First World War Nansen entered international politics and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (Printing and the Mind of Man 384). - A worldwide bestseller. Arctic Bibl. 11983; Howgego IV, N3; Stam, Books on ice, p.66.