Duse, S.A. Unter Pinguinen und Seehunden. Erinnerungen von der SchwedischenSudpolepedition 1901-1903. Verlag Wilhelm Baenich, Berlin: 1905. 8vo, (viii) 262pp, 80 full page plts. Orig. green cloth printed with color illustration of penguins on a rocky shoreline near the sea. The illustration is slightly rubbed, binding faintly soiled, but a nice copy overall of an extremely rare book. This Swedish Antarctic expedition under Nordenskjold, was one of three loosely co-ordinated national expeditions that resulted from the 1895 International Geographical Congress (the other two were England & Germany.) "Discovery" expedition under Scott and the German "Gauss" expedition under Drygalski). The Swedish were to explore the South Atlantic & southern South America. Unfortunately the Antarctic summer of 1902-3 was the coldest on record, and only the German expedition succeeded. The British & Swedish were forced to spend the following year in the Antarctic, but much use was made of the extended stay - for the first time, proof of the geological connections between South America and northern Graham Land was established. The ship "Antarctic" was coming to relieve the winter party, but was crushed by ice, stranding her crew in three parties who were unable to communicate with each other. Duse (the author), Anderrsson & Grunden were stranded at Hope Bay, but survived the winter, eventually trekking overland to rejoin Nordenskjold's group at Cape Well-Met. All parties on the expedition survived. Spence 406. Price: USD 1,750.00 other currencies   order no. 6191    inquire

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