[POLAR EXPLORATION] TUTTLE, Capt. Francis. Report of the Cruise of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear and the Overland Expedition for the Relief of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean? Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Profusely illustrated with black & white reproduction photographs and engravings, large colored fold-out map at rear (small closed tear at corner). Publisher?s royal blue pebbled cloth ruled in blind, spine titled in gilt (few dark spots to lower cover, hinges starting, text block stained slightly affecting lower margins of last few quires). SCARCE. An account of an Arctic rescue mission to save eight whaling ships which had become trapped in the ice near Point Barrow.