London: Oxford University Press, 1951. Written for adolescence. "In 1594 dutch mariner William Barents went on an expedition to search for the fabled NE passage. Trapped for 8 months in the frozen wastes of the Arctic, their ship crushed by icebergs, along with disease and mutiny, a handfull of survivors made it back to Amsterdam the follow summer." CONDITION Blue bds with crisp Silver title (very light shelf wear, sl discoloured spine) map eps, pp 194 with line illus, tight and clean, not inscribed (faint fore edge foxing) Original DJ has a couple of small tears with chipped spine ends, not price clipped.. First English. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Cobb, David. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.