Roald Amundsen : my life as an explorer.
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Roald Amundsen : my life as an explorer.
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Publication Information:
Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & company, 1927.
Physical Description:
4 p. l., 282 p. : incl. ill. (facsims.), maps, diagrs., front. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"First edition."
Local Note:
UAA/APU CONSORTIUM: The Rare Books copy is part of the Walter J. Hickel papers located in the Library's Archives and Special Collections.
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My life as an explorer.
Contents:
Early memories -- Ice-bound in the Antarctic -- The conquest of the Northwest passage -- The dash to the South pole -- In the grip of the northern ice pack -- Financial worries -- An airplane flight with Lincoln Ellsworth -- The transpolar flight of the Norge -- Concerning Mr. Stefansson and others -- The serious business of exploration -- Problems of food and equipment -- Appendix: Refutation of various points in Nobile's lectures in America.