Author: Nathan Haskell Dole

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-26

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 9781527899285

Excerpt from America in Spitsbergen, Vol. 1 of 2: The Romance of an Arctic Coal-Mine; With an Introduction Relating the History and Describing the Land and the Flora and Fauna of Spitsbergen Considered from a commercial standpoint, it was dis appointing, but pioneers frequently meet with such eventualities. Our satisfaction was derived from the assurance that we had developed an important source of fuel-supply for the benefit of mankind. This will be the only matter of consequence in the future; the loss or gain to the original explorers is of small moment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.