Books by Albert Hastings Markham

Enhanced by engravings, this 1881 work illuminates historical and recent Arctic exploration in the region of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918) summarises previous discoveries and voyages made by various explorers. He then gives a detailed account of his 1879 voyage aboard the Norwegian cutter Isbjoern.

This 1917 biography of his cousin and mentor was published by Albert H. Markham. Clements R. Markham (1830-1916) is remembered as a prolific writer, who, after an early career in the navy, spent his life in exploration, writing about earlier expeditions, and urging further research in the polar regions.