Description
Describes the efforts of explorers to reach the North Pole, and shares the firsthand accounts of those who braved the Arctic elements. This is a near perfect first edition published by the Atlantic Monthly Press Book - Little, Brown and Company in 1967. Clean pages with no markings except an owner mark on the inside cover first page (photographed). Binding is solid. Dust jacket is in very good condition and protected in foil. 302 pages and numerous illustrations. Please review the photos as they form an important part of the description. The current owner, anthropologist and writer Don Messerschmidt, PhD, is known for his research and writings on the Himalayas and related topics. He has published books and articles internationally since the 1960s when he first lived in Nepal as an American Peace Corps volunteer. He went on to enhance his understanding of Himalayan peoples and places as an independent researcher and on numerous consultancies. For over a half-century, he has been engaged in field studies, university professorships, and writing about the rich cultures of Bhutan, Nepal, North India, and Tibet. Along the way, he amassed an extensive library of Himalayan studies and has written several of his own, including two prize-winners. He has also been an editor for two regional magazines and has been called upon to review and pen chapters and forewords for Himalayan-oriented publications.
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