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SPITSBERGEN: The Story of the 1962 Swiss-Spitsbergen Scientific Expedition
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SPITSBERGEN: The Story of the 1962 Swiss-Spitsbergen Scientific Expedition Cloth - 1966

by Nunlist, Hugo (Translated from the German by Oliver Coburn)

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Nicholas Kaye Limited, 1966. Cloth. Very Good. 1st UK Edition; 191pp, 48 illustrations, 5 maps. Red cloth covers in illustrated dustjacket. "For the joy of climbing peaks where man has never yet set foot, and for an urge to see the wild and lonely Arctic landscape,eight Swiss mountaineers joined up in 1962 to form the Swiss Spitsbergen Expedition - which they largely financed themselves. They were climbing in the almost unexplored north-west of the main island with its fifty peaks. Dispensing with sledge dogs, they used skis on the long approaches to the mountains, and covered some 1,250 miles altogether." Shelfware, contents clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2660. .
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