Shores of the polar sea : a narrative of the Arctic expedition of 1875-6

1878·6.3 MB·English

by  Moss, Edward L. (Edward Lawton)

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Shores of the Polar
Sea.
EDWARD
MOSS.
L.

:
SHORES
OF
POLAR
THE
SEA
A NARRATIVE OF
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 1875-6
BY
EDWARD
DR. MOSS, H.M.S. "Alert-
L.
illustrated BY
Strtctn Ciji'omo^lttljagrnpljs anii numerous dFngra&tngs
From Drawings made on the spot by the Author
iLo nli on
MARCUS WARD & & CHANDOS STREET, STRAND
CO., 67 68,
And ROYAL ULSTER WORKS, BELFAST
0U
-77^'
Printed by
MARCUS WARD
& CO.,
Royal Ulster Works,
Belfast.
PREFACE.
PLACE these Sketches in the hands of my Publishers, believing that careful
I
chromo-lithographic fac-similes of them will convey a fuller and perhaps more
novel idea of Arctic scenery than any rendering in black and white. As Sketches
from Nature, they, for obvious reasons, illustrate rather the scenery of our Expedition
than its leading events the latter are the prerogative of the Historian, and do not
;
come within the scope of a Sketch-book, in which the letterpress is subordinate, and
intended merely to connect and describe the pictures. Whatever may be the artistic
— —
value of the Sketches and they lay claim to none they are at least perfectly faithful
efforts to represent the face of Nature in a part of the world that very few can ever see
for themselves.
EDWARD
MOSS.
L.
2nd February, i8jy.