Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: In the Land of the Lapps and Kvaens Vol. II 1885 Sophus Tromholt ~ Lapland ~ Sami, Kven ~Scandinavia

Title: Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: In the Land of the Lapps and Kvaens. Original Edition. Vol. II

Author: Sophus Tromholt / Edited by Carl Siewers

Description: Volume II only. Ex-library. Green cloth over boards; pictorial on the front cover of a Sami person on skis, stamped in silver gilt and black. Call numbers painted on spine; bookplate on front pastedown, title page is pinhole and rubber stamped. Aside from a very few scattered rubber stamps, the illustrations and text pages are clean. Color frontispiece with tissue guard, and 56 illustrations. Includes index to both volumes. x + 306 pages.

Sophus Tromholt's account of his travels and observations in Lapland during 1882-1883, as a participant in the International Polar Research Explorations, with the purpose to study the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis. Tromholt provides extensive descriptions of the customs, manners and personal characteristics of the Sami and Kven peoples, while narrating his travels and scientific research, including his work at the stations at Koutokeino and Bossekop, Norway, and Sodankyla, Finland. As an amateur photographer, he also captured numerous images of the people and places of the region, many of which are included in the volume.

Contents:
I. Winter Excursions in Pulk.
II. The Reign of Terror in Lapland.
III. Journeys to Hatta, Muonioniska, and Karesuamdo.
IV. Assize at Koutokaeino.
V. Journey to the Finnish Polar Station at Sodankyla.
VI. From Koutokaeino to Bossekop.
VII. From Alten to Hammerfest.
VIII. From Hammerfest to Vadso.
IX. From Vadso to Russian Lapland.
X. Good-bye.
Index.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company
Place: Boston
Year: 1885

Keywords: Lapland, Scandinavia, Sapmi, Fennoscandia, Finnmark, travel, travelogue, description, Sami, Kven, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Northern Lights, scientific expedition, ethnography, Arctic, Bossekop,