Siberian Passage: An Explorer's Search into the Russian Arctic
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #2330557
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some minor chips.
ix, 238 pp. Siberian Passage, first published in 1949, is a fascinating look at the land and peoples of far northern Russia in the early 1900s. The author was a member of a Russian scientific expedition which explored the then little known boreal and arctic regions of Siberia, and describes the lives of the natives they encountered, travels by dog-sled, dealing with the many difficulties in travel, including wild extremes in temperature, and provides an insightful overview of the region.
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