Being Some Account of a Voyage in 1856 of the Schooner Yacht "Foam" to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of 1826-1902 creator text utu 2003 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Letters from High Latitudes" by Lord Dufferin is a travel book written in 1856, recounting his voyage to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen aboard the schooner Foam. Written as diary entries in the form of letters to his mother, the book captures adventures through volcanic plains, geysers, and Arctic islands with irreverent humor and lively wit. Its comic style made it extraordinarily successful, remaining in print for decades and translated into multiple languages, establishing it as the prototype of the comic travelogue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_High_Latitudes Release date is 2003-02-01 This etext was produced by Gardner Buchanan with help from the distributed proofers Original publication data not identified Iceland -- Description and travel Arctic regions DL Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3701 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3701 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133115.0 3701