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Mittelholzer, Walter & Others

By Airplane Towards the North Pole. An Account of an Expedition to Spitsbergen in the Summer of 1923.

Boston Houghton Mifflin 1925, 1st American Edition of the English Translation. () 176pp. Very good. Octavo in original white lettered blue cloth with plates from photos, 2 illustrations (maps) in text, and two folding maps. Spine lettering partially rubbed off else a clean tight copy. Arctic Bibl. 11542. Account of one of the first aerial reconnaissances in the arctic, originally a support effort for Amundsen's planned 1923 flight over the Arctic Ocean. The purpose was changed and considerable aerial photography was done in Spitsbergen. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul (From the German).

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