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Helmer Hanssen. Voyages of a Modern Viking. George Routledge and Sons, 1936.

Price: US$123.52 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: No DJ. Boards have light edgewear and there is a 1cm split to top of the spine. Prize sticker to pastedown. Contents are clean but lightly toned.

Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom

Hanssen, Helmer. Voyages of a Modern Viking. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1936.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 216 pages, index, map, frontis of Roald Amundsen, 5 illutrations, fore word by Vice Admiral E. R. G. R. Evans. Light rubbing to the extremities, lower front corner lightly bumped, spine slightly sunned, faint foxing to the edges.

Seller: Else Fine Booksellers, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.

Hanssen, Helmer. VOYAGES OF A MODERN VIKING. George Routledge & Sons, 1936.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 216 pages. Light foxing to foredge and bottom edged. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *

Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.

Hanssen, Helmer; E. R. G. R. Evans (Foreword). Voyages of a Modern Viking. George Routledge, London, 1936.

Price: US$260.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: X, 216 pages. With frontispiece, maps and plates. With library stamps and stickers. Top edge slightly foxed. Foreedge lightly foxed. Bookblock lightly cracked at pp. 192-193. Light wear to foot of spine. Light wear to spine, cover and corners. ; Ex-Library; Quarto

Seller: Literary Cat Books, Machynlleth, Powys, WALES, United Kingdom

Helmer Hanssen; E. R. G. R. Evans. Voyages of a Modern Viking. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, London, 1936.

Price: US$331.54 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The first edition of this important memoir from polar explorer Helmer Hanssen, with many illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, five plates, and a map. Collated complete. A memoir of time spent voyaging across the world by Helmer Hanssen, a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer remembered as a participant in three of the polar expeditions led by Roald Amundsen. Hanssen was one of the first five explorers to reach the South Pole. With a forward by Vice-Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, a Royal Navy officer and Antarctic explorer. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and boards. The odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot and light age toning to the endpapers. Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Hanssen, Helmer.. Voyages of a Modern Viking.. George Routledge & Sons., London., 1936.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Description: Nice personal inscription by the translator on the second endpaper. Hanssen was an important part of three Amundsen expeditions, serving as a navigator and sled dog driver. Uncommon. . weight: 1.1 lb. Very good, light wear to covers and bumps to corners, back endpaper has a piece torn out. Frontis portrait of Roald Amundsen, 5 additional plates, one double-page map. 22x14 cm. 216 pp.

Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Hanssen, Helmer. Voyages of a Modern Viking. George Routledge, London, 1936.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: x, 216 pages, frontispiece, 5 plates, map. Everybody think of Roald Amundsen when they’re asked who was first explorer to reach the North Pole. However, without the assistance of Helmer Julius Hanssen, Amundsen might not have succeeded. Hanssen met Amundsen in the 1890s. From 1903-6, Hanssen was second mate among a crew of just six onboard the herring boat Gjøa on Roald Amundsen’s successful search for the Northwest passage. The link between the Pacific and the Atlantic had long been sought as a trade route and Amundsen’s expedition made the journey from Oslo to Alaska. For two years they were stranded on King William Island, where Hanssen learned from the Inuit how to drive sled dogs. In 1910 he headed south with Amundsen to conquer the South Pole, this time as an expert dog driver. He was also in charge of navigation, carrying the master compass on his sledge. In 1915 he gained his skipper’s license. Because of his previous good work, Amundsen hired Hanssen to serve as captain on the s/s Maud through the Northeast Passage in 1918-20. His sledding expertise came in handy during this expedition, after the s/s Maud was stuck in the Arctic sea ice. Hanssen led the dogs on a 1500 km journey in order to send telegrams for Amundsen. The return journey to s/s Maud took Hanssen approximately 6½ months’ time, and 4000 km. Historians estimate that at the time, Hanssen’s trip was a dog sledding record. From 1928 until his retirement in 1940, Hanssen worked as a ship surveyor in Tromsø. He published his autobiography The Voyages of a Modern Viking, in 1936.

Seller: Tinakori Books, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Hanssen, Helmer. Voyages of a Modern Viking. George Routledge & Sons, 1936.

Price: US$699.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 216 pp. + map + 5 plates. no dust jacket, some cover wear, light foxing (age spots) on 1st few pags, bookseller stamp inside back cover.

Seller: Masalai Press, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.