{"product_id":"field-notes-expedition-memo-books","title":"Field Notes Expedition Memo Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eFNC-17 marked the start of our fifth year of Quarterly Editions. In that time, we had explored a wide variety of papers, colors, and printing techniques, but with this new Expedition edition, for the first time, we actually expanded the type of paper used in our notebooks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAesthetically, you’ll find a design with plenty to like: a hi-visibility “Antarctic Survey Orange” front cover and “Polar Night Black” back cover, with a subtle varnish effect featuring a topographic map of Antarctica. The body pages feature our popular dot-graph paper printed in light gray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rich-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the real innovation here is the paper. It’s maybe not even fair to call it paper. The whole book is printed on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/yupousa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYupo Synthetic paper,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ean amazing tearproof and waterproof paper extruded from polypropylene pellets in Chesapeake, Virginia. We could go on and on about our new notebooks’ durability and incredible properties (especially in concert with our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fieldnotesbrand.com\/products\/space-pens\"\u003eSpace Pen\u003c\/a\u003e), and we will, in this series of 12 (reasonably) scientific tests:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55133541\"\u003eTEST 1: WATERPROOF\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55133982\"\u003eTEST 2: VISIBILITY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55131860\"\u003eTEST 3: WIND RESISTANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55226106\"\u003eTEST 4: BALLISTICS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55130999\"\u003eTEST 5: VACUUM\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55133540\"\u003eTEST 6: TENSILE STRENGTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55224724\"\u003eTEST 7: COMPRESSION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55225031\"\u003eTEST 8: ACID RESISTANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55226454\"\u003eTEST 9: FLAME RESISTANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55226105\"\u003eTEST 10: EXTREME TEMPERATURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55224177\"\u003eTEST 11: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55224033\"\u003eTEST 12: ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rich-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonths of development and testing were required to get these books just right, and we’d like to thank Yupo for their extensive support, as well as the great printers and ink technicians that pitched in to help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe majority of our customers may not test the limits of these notebooks, but the map of Antarctica is neither hyperbole nor coincidence. We sent the Expedition edition to the South Pole with explorer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bensaunders.com\/\"\u003eBen Saunders\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eback in October 2013 as he and his team retraced Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Pole and back, on foot and unsupported.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: Synthetic paper is nonporous and does not absorb ink like our conventional papers.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fieldnotesbrand.com\/products\/clic-pen-6-packs\"\u003eBallpoint pens\u003c\/a\u003e, pencils, or fine tip Sharpies work best. Of course, the perfect companion for the “Expedition” Edition is our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fieldnotesbrand.com\/products\/space-pens\"\u003eMatte Black or Chrome Space Pen.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"numeral\"\u003e01. \u003c\/span\u003eProudly printed by the good people of eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"numeral\"\u003e02. \u003c\/span\u003eCover: waterproof\/tearproof Yupo Synthetic 74#C, with thick, brute force applications of “Hi-Visibility Orange” and “Low-Visibility Black” soy-based Saphira inks and a tinted spot varnish.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e03. Innards: waterproof\/tearproof Yupo Synthetic 57#T with a 1-color application of “Cartographer’s Gray” soy-based Saphira ink. (Use pencil\/ballpoint pen for best results.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e04. Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40\" 6-color printing press.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e05. Bound by a Harris Bookbinder 6-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e06. Corners rounded to 3\/8\" (9.5mm) by a Challenge DCM round-corner machine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e07. Dot-graph grid: 3\/16\" × 3\/16\" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e08. Memo book dimensions are 3-1\/2\" × 5-1\/2\" (8.9cm × 13.9cm).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e09. \u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFIELD NOTES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003euses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. All\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFIELD NOTES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ememo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Field Notes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45252442259490,"sku":"FNC-17","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/3326\/files\/FNC-17-Expedition-A_160222_162302.jpg?v=1776552074","url":"https:\/\/onpaper.com\/products\/field-notes-expedition-memo-books","provider":"On Paper","version":"1.0","type":"link"}