NANSEN, Fridtjoe (1861-1930) In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1911. 2 volumes, 8vo. Chromolithographic frontispieces, numerous illustrations. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth (very minor wear). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, discussing Arctic explorations from the earliest times, the voyages of the Norsemen, discovery of Iceland and Greenland, decline of Norse settlements and other noteworthy discoveries and expeditions.