ENG This slim volume (English title "Farther North than Nansen, being the Voyage of the Polar Star") offers the first account of the Duke of the Abruzzi’s (full name: Ludwig Amadeus af Savoyen) achievements in the Arctic. In 1899, aboard the Stella Polare (Polar Star), the crew of 20 sailed for Franz Josef Land, the base for their attempt on the North Pole. Captain Umberto Cagni and three other men attained a new farthest north - 86° 34’ - and Stella Polare itself attained the farthest north for a ship. 

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SWE Föredrag inför Italienska Geografiska sällskapet i Rom af H. K. H. Hertigen af Abruzzerna (Prins Ludvig Amadeo af Savoyen) och Kapten Umberto Cagni. Expeditionen övervintrade på ön Kronprins Rudolfs land på Frans Josefs land. Ludvig Amadeus av Savoyen-Aosta (1873-1933), hertig av Abruzzerna, var en italiensk prins, bergsbestigare och utforskare; Umberto Cagni (1864-1932) var en italiensk polarfarare och sjömilitär.

1st (Swedish) edition. A full version of the Duke’s expedition appeared as "On the “Polar Star” in the Arctic Sea" (1903), but was preceded by this rather uncommon 1901 version. The volume is combined with another book, "Palästina och dess historia" ("Palestine and its history") by Dr. H. von Soden.

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