The true story of the rescue of 5 survivors from a foundered whaling boat in Melville Bay in the Arctic. This adventure in Melville Bay would be regarded as extremely desperate by even the most seasoned of adventurers. The author, who thought of it only as an every day event, tells of the rescue of five people from the Artic. He himself refused to be 'rescued' from the inhospitable waste." (Goodreads). Translated from the Danish by Johan Hambro. Cream boards with black lettering. Pictorial dust jacket, torn Owner inscription. Corners bumped. Some foxing. Edges spotted. Portrait frontispiece. Firm binding. Undated (ca 1960)