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JACKSON, Frederick George (1860-1938). A Thousand Days in the Arctic. With a Preface by Admiral Sir F. L. McClintock. New York: Harper
8vo. With 5 color-printed folding maps, 2 portraits, plates & illustrations. Original publisher's pictorial black cloth.FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, published simultaneously in London the same year. Narrative of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition, financed by Alfred C. Harmsworth, organized and equipped by Montefiore Brice, and led by Jackson. The expedition sailed in the 'Windward' to Franz Joseph Land, established winter quarters at Cape Flora, Northbrook Island, Sept. 1894, and remained for three years..." Arctic Bibliography 7943.