4 pages 1., 282 pages : including illustrations (facsimile) maps, diagrams, frontispiece ; 24 cm
Note
"First edition."
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.