Search Results: Polar expeditions from Biblionne

Limited to 10000 copies.Signed and inscribed by one of the authors to the writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981): "Slavnomu pevtsu / Golfstrima i fiordov - / doktoru Mindlinu - / s druzheskim privetom / D. Yuzhin / 19 24/XII 29 / Moskva" [To famous voice of Gulf Stream and fjords, doctor Mindlin. Best wishes D. Yuzhin. 24/XII 1929 Moscow].This book consists of two parts. The first is partly devoted to the first verified trip to the North Pole on the Norge airship in May 1926 and was prepared by Alexander Lebedenko (1892-1975), who participated in this expedition. The polar explorer Roald Amundsen and the airship's designer and pilot Umberto Nobile headed the expedition. The second part is about Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation in 1928. It was written by the icebreaker Krassin's crew member and journalist David Yuzhin (1892-1938/9).Yuzhin signed this book to another crew member, the writer Emily Mindlin in December 1929 and mentioned Mindlin's book Gulf Stream and Fjords, which was… Read More

Limited to 5000 copies.Signed and inscribed by the author to the writer and Krassin's rescue operation participant Emily Mindlin (1900-1981): "Tovarishchu / Mindlinu, Emiliu / pisat' na pamyat' / chto libo nechego, ibo / chto mozhno napisat' / posle krasinskogo, / pokhoda, kazhushchegosya / seychas takim / milym, dalekim, fee- / richeskim i nikogda / ne byvshim. / V. Sukhanov / Moskva, / god - tretiy, reshayushchiy. / 1931". [To comrade Emily Mindlin. There is nothing left to write in memory. What can be written after Krassin's expedition, which now seems to be so sweet, distant, spectacular and almost unreal. V. Sukhanov. Moscow. The third decisive year].The Soviet icebreaker Krassin took part in the Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation. The journalist Valentin Sukhanov was one of the crew members. The book is illustrated with many photos from the expedition. Provenance: Emiliy Mindlin (1900-1981), poet and journalist.OCLC locates two copies of this edition: in the New York Public… Read More

One of 1 000 copies published.
First issue of serials published by Soviet Arctic Institute.
Published until 1937 under this title.
The main text in the issue is devoted to Icebreaker Sedov's expedition to Franz-Josef Land.
Also there is Obituary Otto Sverdrup with his portrait; Extracts from foreign posts: Destiny of the Andreé expedition, Franklin expedition's traces found by Canadian pilot L.T. Burwash on King William Island, planned Nautilus Expedition of Wilkins. Review for new Russian editions and bibliography of publications in various languages are in the end of the issue.
Summary of the activities of the Institute and results of Sedov's expedition in English.
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The propaganda book about first Russian expedition to Wrangel island realized on ice-breaker Red October under Boris Davydov's command from July to October 1924. Reason for the expedition was a colony of US and Canada citizens on the island which established in 1921 and expanded in 1923. Soviet authorities had an ambition of the to restore the state sovereignty. During expedition on the island the Soviet colors were hoisted, settlers are taken out to Vladivostok. Besides, during expedition by polar explorers hydrological, geodetic and geophysical researches were conducted.
Boris Davydov (1884-1925) – Russian sea explorer, participated in Arctic hydrographic expedition on the ship Taimyr of Boris Vilkitsky. Davydov hoisted Soviet colors over Wrangel island in 1924. He died shortly after arriving to Vladivostok.
The book is rather propaganda and wrote with patriotic words, than scientific. It had to terminate the international disputes about Wrangel island.
Viacheslav Zof (1889-1937) – was… Read More

Limited to 7000 copies.The Soviet icebreaker Krassin took part in the Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981), was one of the crew members. The original edition of Mindlin's novel was published in Russian in 1929 and republished in many soviet nations' languages. This edition was issued in Jaᶇalif - the first Latin alphabet used during the Latinisation in the Soviet Union in the 1930s for the Turkic languages. In 1928-1940, as part of a comprehensive program to "educate" Uzbek people, who for the first time had their own cartographically delineated region (the Republic of Uzbekistan was created in October 1924), Uzbek writing was switched to Latin script.Author's copy.We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in the USA or European libraries via OCLC.

Limited to 15000 + 100 copies. The Soviet icebreaker Krassin took part in the Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981), was one of the crew members. The original edition of Mindlin's novel was published in Russian in 1929 and republished in many soviet nations' languages. This edition was issued in Jaᶇalif - the first Latin alphabet used during the latinisation in the Soviet Union in the 1930s for the Turkic languages. Tatarstan officials declared Jaᶇalif the official script of the Tatar language in July 1927. It remained active for 12 years and was replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet in 1938-1940.Author's copy. We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in the USA or European libraries via OCLC.

20000 copies were printed. The icebreaker Krassin was built for the Imperial Russian Navy as Svyatogor and was completed in 1917. The most famous expedition of the Krassin was the rescue operation of Umberto Nobile and his surviving crew when their airship Italia crashed on the ice upon returning from the North Pole in 1928. In 1933 Krassin became the first vessel to reach the inaccessible northern shores of Novaya Zemlya in the history of navigation. Up to the beginning of the 1950s, Krassin remained the most powerful icebreaker in the world.This book is devoted to Krasin's participation in the First Lena expedition in 1933 and the rescue operation of the crew of SS Chelyuskin in 1934. Rare.Author's copy. We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in USA or European libraries via OCLC.

Limited to 10000 copies.In 1928 a Soviet icebreakers Malygin and Krassin took part in the rescue operation of the Umberto Nobile's dirigible expedition. On this expedition, the polar aviator Mikhail Babushkin (1893-1938) flew several aerial searches over the Arctic in search of the airship. Flying in difficult meteorological conditions, Babushkin made fifteen landings on the ice. He was one of the first aviators who sat on the ice in 1926. For this expedition, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.These stories by Babushkin were devoted to this expedition.Later the aviator also participated in the expedition at SS Chelyuskin in 1933. He died in 1938 in a flight accident. Rare in such condition. Provenance: Emiliy Mindlin (1900-1981), poet and journalist.OCLC locates two copies of this edition: in the University of Chicago Library and the New York Public Library.

Limited to 6000 copies.In 1928 a Soviet icebreakers Malygin and Krassin took part in the rescue operation of the Umberto Nobile's dirigible expedition. This book includes essays about the expedition by the crew members: the leaders of expedition Vladimir Wiese and Alexey Lavrov, the polar aviator Mikhail Babushkin, the meteorologist Mikhail Loris-Melikov (in 1934 was arrested and died in prison), the cameraman Ignatiy Valentei, the captain Dmitriy Chertkov, etc. The book is illustrated with many photos from the expedition.Provenance: Emiliy Mindlin (1900-1981), poet and journalist.OCLC locates two copies of this edition in the USA: in the Yale University Library and the Stanford University Library.The Bavarian State Library has one more copy.

Limited to 10 000 copies.In 1928 Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1905-1936) was a meteorologist at the icebreaker Malygin during the rescue operation of the Umberto Nobile's dirigible expedition. The book is devoted to this expedition.Loris-Melikov was born in Paris. Almost no details are known about its origins, but he related to an old noble family that belonged to Georgia's top aristocratic society. Mikhail Loris-Melikov studied at the Petrograd University and became a professor at the Hydrometeorological University and a senior specialist in the Central Propaganda Bureau. In 1933 he was arrested and exiled. He was mentioned in the Case of Rosicrucianism, the case of an underground mystic organization in 1940, four years after his death, so we know he was a mystical anarchist.Provenance: Emiliy Mindlin (1900-1981), poet and journalist.We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in USA or European libraries via OCLC.

One of 5.000 copies printed.First edition.
Earlier description of the archipelago Severnaya Zemlya illustrated throughout with maps, tables and photos.Alexander Fedorovich Laktionov (1899-1965) - the oceanologist and polar explorer. In the book he describes in details history of opening and studying of Severnaya Zemlya, activity of expedition of G. Ushakov and N. Urvantsev and expeditions of O. Yu. Schmidt from 1929 up to 1936. He analyzes properties of a relief and a geological structure of Severnaya Zemlya, characterizes glaciers, their state and conditions of swimming. Certain paragraphs devoted to climate, plant and animal life of Severnaya Zemlya. The final chapter People of Severnaya Zemlya tells about Laktionov's colleagues, their role in development of the archipelago.One of participants of expeditions on the archipelago the polar explorer Nikolai Urvantsev was sentenced for many years in prison in 1938. Therefore in later editions devoted to polar expeditions of the 30th his name was… Read More

Signed and inscribed by the author: "Chitai na zdorove! / Ariadne Rykovyan / ot / armyanskogo pisatelya / Em. Mindlinyantsa. / Moskva / 28/XII 1931" [You're welcome to read! To Ariadna Rykovyan from Armenian writer Em. Mindlinyantc. Moscow. 28/XII 1931]. Mindlin used two pre-reform orthography letters here. Limited to 5000 copies.The Soviet icebreaker Krassin took part in the Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981), was one of the crew members. The original edition of Mindlin's novel was published in Russian in 1929 and republished in many soviet nations' languages. Author's copy.We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in the USA or European libraries via OCLC.

Limited to 5000 copies.Signed and inscribed by the author: "Ade - Gromadnoglazoy / ochen priyatelski / ot Avtora / Chang I-iy / khutor Moskva / 28/X god pyatiletki tretiy...." [To Big eyes Ada with all the best from author Chang the First khutor Moscow 28/X the third year of Five-year plan]. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981) devoted this book to his journey to Svalbard (also known as Spitsbergen) and Norway, which took place during the rescue operation of Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition on the icebreaker Krassin in summer 1928. The artist Boris Berendhof (1904-1990) made the covers. He graduated from VKhuTEMAS in 1925.Author's copy.We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in the USA or European libraries via OCLC.

One of 15.000 copies printed.
The fictionalized juvenil story about first soviet settlement on Wrangel island headed by Russian polar explorer Georgii Ushakov. The small Russian colony spent three years on island without any radio connection with world. The end of the book is expecting of ice-breaker Litke that which had to bring new head of winterers.
The author devotes the part of the book to the description of life and customs the Chukchi and Eskimos.
Nadezhda Voitinskaia (1886-1965) – artist, translator and writer.
OCLC locates two copies, in British Library and in Denmark.