The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, in the Schooner United States (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, in the Schooner "United States" The interest which has been freshly awakened in the progress of Arctic discovery by the recent German and Swedish expeditions towards the North Pole, has appeared to justify my experienced publishers in issuing a new edition of this work, about which it may not be inappropriate to Observe here, as in the preface to the former edition, that, rather than con fine myself strictly to a record of scientific investi gations, I have aimed, so far as the narrative would allow, to bring before the mind of the reader a general picture of the strange life and sublime scenery of a quarter Of the world to which we have all been drawn, from childhood, by the ever powerful charm of the mysterious and unknown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.