Amundsen, Roald and Lincoln Ellsworth

FIRST CROSSING OF THE POLAR SEA

NY: Doran, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth, octavo, 324pp. Frontispiece, folding map, plates and illustrations. Top edge a bit dusty, else fine. Front jacket panel and front flap laid in. Very good. Item #18990

Roald Amundsen's 1926 voyage in the airship "Norge" was the first trans-Polar flight over the North Pole, though Richard Byrd claimed the first overflight of the North Pole earlier the same year.

Price: $125.00