The Open Polar Sea 1867 Dr. Isaac Israel Hayes ~ first-hand account Arctic expedition of 1860-1861 ~North Pole ~Intuit ~Hunting ~Greenland

Title: The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole in the Schooner ''United States''

Author: Dr. I. I. [Isaac Israel] Hayes

Description: An account of the Arctic expedition led by Dr. Hayes, June 1860 to March 1861, which had the intent to reach the North Pole. Hayes had extensive previous experience with the route taken, having served as Surgeon with the Second Grinnell Expedition, 1853-1855, with E. K. Kane.

Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-1881) was an American Arctic explorer, physician, and politician. Following the expedition written about in this book, he served as the commanding officer at Satterlee General Hospital, the largest Union Army hospital, during the Civil War.

New Edition, Illustrated (1867). Publisher's gilt stamped green cloth with pictorial of a clambering Eskimo dog on the front cover. Worn at extremities. Inner hinges repaired. Lacking one leaf (pages 225/226), a photocopy of which has been laid in. Nine illustrated plates, one color map, and 27 chapter tail-piece vignettes. pp, xvi, 407, plus 24 ads.


Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair

Publisher: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston
Place: London
Year: 1867

Keywords: Arctic, Greenland, expedition, exploration, Inuit, history,