Boreal Ties: Photographs and Two Diaries of the 1901 Peary Relief Expedition [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 232 pages; Description: xiii, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-219) . Subjects: Wyckoff, Clarence --Travel --Arctic regions --Bement, Louis --Peary Relief Expedition (1901) --Discovery and exploration --Pictorial works. Summary: Now for the first time, the photographs and diaries from the 1901 Robert Peary relief expedition provide an intimate and unforgettable impression of two friends aboard ship in the Arctic at the turn of the century. The 1901 expedition documented in this fascinating book was organized to deliver supplies to polar explorer Robert Peary and to serach for his wife and child. Clarence Wyckoff and Louis Bement, close friends from Ithaca, New York, and members of the Peary Arctic Club, paid $500 each to travel on the Erik. In addition to the drama of the journey and the magnificent Arctic scenary, this travelogue is a valuable record of the American explorers' ecounters with Inuit, many of whom are identified by name.