Chessler Books
Rock Climbing - Mountaineering - Exploration
New - Used - Collectible - Signed
Chessler Books Accepts PAYPAL Chessler Books Accepts VISA Chessler Books Accepts MASTERCARD Chessler Books Accepts DISCOVER CARD Chessler Books Accepts AMERICAN EXPRESS
All Orders Shipped via United States Postal Service   Chessler Books Ships Via USPS
Author:
Title:
Keyword:
Item #:
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M Mc N O P Q
R S T U V W X Y Z
Item #: PL6712-960
ALS ESKIMOS UNTER DEN ESKIMOS [AS AN ESKIMO AMONG THE ESKIMOS] Heinrich W. Klutschak 1971 Facsimile Reprint Hardcover Fine
By Klutschak, Heinrich W.
Price: $3.00

List Price: $99.95
You Save $96.95 (97%)



Add to wish list


Detailed Product Description
"This is an authorized  facsimile reprint of the original book, and was produced in 1971 by microfilm-xerography by University Microfilms, A Xerox Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA." 254 pp, frontis, and numerous text drawings including 12 full-page all in black and white, maps - some folding. In German. Navy cloth hardcover with gilt titles. Fine condition.

An account of the Schwatka Expedition of 1878-80 in the search for Franklin. The author was an artist and cartographer to this expedition and he covers mainly the internal life of the small group (five men), stressing those situations in which men battle the grim elements of the north with indigenous means. Their base was Camp Daly, northwest coast of Hudson Bay. The party proceeded inland in a northwesterly direction to King William Island and back (see also Gilder's narrative). Klutschak deals especially with the natives of the area (Netsilik and Iglulik Eskimos) describing and illustrating with numerous sketches, various features of their life, their snow houses, domestic utensils, food, dress, hunting, sledging, indoor amusements, string figures, song and drum play, etc. He depicts the party's observations and conversations in the Eskimo community regarding the relics from Franklin's ship. A rare account.

Other Items You Might Like

  • Similar Items Available
  • Items From This Author
  • Items From This Category
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET Heinrich Harrer 1954 1st edition Hardcover SIGNED by Heinrich Harrer Multiple copies available
By: Harrer, Heinrich
Price $195.00 ~ Regular $250.00, You Save $55.00 (22%)
- Item # OP366A-8434
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE WHITE SPIDER: THE STORY OF THE NORTH FACE OF THE EIGER Heinrich Harrer 1960 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine SIGNED by Heinrich Harrer
By: Harrer, Heinrich
Price $590.00 ~ Regular $1500.00, You Save $910.00 (61%)
- Item # OP365K-829
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
DER HIMALAYA BLUHT: BLUMEN UND MENSCHEN IN DEN LANDERN DES HIMALAJA [THE HIMALAYAS BLOOM: FLOWERS AND PEOPLE IN THE LAND OF THE HIMALAYA] 1980 1st ed Hardcover DJ New SIGNED by Heinrich Harrer, DER HIMALAYA BLUHT: BLUMEN UND MENSCHEN IN DEN LANDERN D
By: Harrer, Heinrich, Harrer, Heinrich
Price $79.99 ~ Regular $150.00, You Save $70.01 (47%)
- Item # OP2220-935, OP2220-935
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE ANNALS OF MONT BLANC Charles Edward Mathews 1898 1st UK ed Hardcover Fine
By: Mathews, Charles Edward and T.G. Bonney
Price $187.00 ~ Regular $500.00, You Save $313.00 (63%)
- Item # OP76B-829
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE WHITE SPIDER: THE STORY OF THE NORTH FACE OF THE EIGER Heinrich Harrer 1960 2nd UK imp Hardcover DJ Near Fine SIGNED by Anderl Heckmair and INSCRIBED by Heinrich Harrer
By: Harrer, Heinrich
Price $395.00 ~ Regular $800.00, You Save $405.00 (51%)
- Item # OP365H-829
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 1955 July Heinrich Harrer Seven Years in Tibet Multiple copies available
By: National Geographic Magazine 1955 July
Price $24.95 ~ Regular $50.00, You Save $25.05 (50%)
- Item # NG5507-8703
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE ASCENT OF EVEREST John Hunt LIMITED EDITION 2003 50th anniversary ed. Has 15 facsimile signatures of the first ascent team. Dust Jacket Slipcase New
By: Hunt, John with Edmund Hillary
Price $150.00 ~ Regular $500.00, You Save $350.00 (70%)
- Item # OP001D-857
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE WHITE DAWN: AN ESKIMO SAGA [Novel] James Houston 1971 1st ed Hardcover DJ/No DJ Very Good-Near Fine Multiple Copies Available
By: Houston, James
Price $4.99 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $15.01 (75%)
- Item # PL5428-8742
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
LOU WHITTAKER: MEMOIRS OF A MOUNTAIN GUIDE 1994 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine + ephemera SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Lou Whittaker 3 Copies Available
By: Whittaker, Lou, and Andrea Gabbard
Price $45.95
- Item # BK1684B-7993
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
DEN BERGEN VERFALLEN: ALPENFAHRTEN VON ELEONORE NOLL-HASENCLEVER [FALL INTO THE MOUNTAINS: ALPINE TRIPS WITH ELEONORE NOLL-HASENCLEVER] Heinrich Erler 1932 Hardcover Near Fine
By: Noll-Hasenclever, Eleonore and Heinrich Erler
Price $2.99 ~ Regular $99.95, You Save $96.96 (97%)
- Item # OP6555-374
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
Sorry, we were unable find any similar items available by this author.


A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALASKAN LITERATURE 1724-1924 James Wickersham 1927 1st ed VG
By: Wickersham, James
Price $35.00 ~ Regular $150.00, You Save $115.00 (77%)
- Item # OP9007-829
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ANTARCTIC CONTINENT EXPLORATION MAP: PENETRATION ROUTES, DISCOVERY SHIPS, HUMAN PRESENCE IN ANTARCTICA
By: Â
[ SOLD ]
- Item # MP252
View Details
CANADIAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2004 2 left
By: Alpine Club of Canada
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $35.00, You Save $25.01 (71%)
- Item # CAJ2004-2
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ICEBOUND SUMMER Sally Carrighar 1981 Softcover Fine Multiple Copies Available
By: Carrighar, Sally
Price $4.99 ~ Regular $9.95, You Save $4.96 (50%)
- Item # PL153A-9603
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CANADIAN ALPINE JOURNAL 1961 Multiple copies available
By: Alpine Club of Canada
Price $25.00 ~ Regular $50.00, You Save $25.00 (50%)
- Item # CAJ1961-3 Vol XLIV
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ISLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD DVD [SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND] SHACKLETON'S TRIUMPH
By: Â
[ SOLD ]
- Item # V2393
View Details
SCIENCE ON ICE: ANTARCTICA University of New Hampshire Magazine Winter 2000
By: Casanave, Suki; University of NH Magazine
Price $4.95
- Item # PL4649-958
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CANADIAN ALPINE JOURNAL 1939 One left
By: Alpine Club of Canada
Price $75.00
- Item # CAJ1939-
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL November 1936 Vol 88 No 5 Fine Kingdon-Ward Tibet Explorations with Fold-Out Map
By: Royal Geographical Society
Price $19.99 ~ Regular $50.00, You Save $30.01 (60%)
- Item # JR231K-863
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
SCIENCE IN THE SUBARCTIC: TRAPPERS, TRADERS AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Debra Lindsay 1993 1st ed Hardcover DJ New Multiple Copies Available
By: Lindsay, Debra
Price $4.99 ~ Regular $25.00, You Save $20.01 (80%)
- Item # PL130-9275
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart