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Arctic Explorers: In Search of the Northwest Passage

By Frances Hern

Arctic Explorers: In Search of the Northwest Passage Politics & Society

Arctic Explorers: In Search of the Northwest Passage

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There is no saga in Canadian history as full of hardship, catastrophe and mystery as the search for the Northwest Passage. Since the 15th century, the ice-choked Arctic waterway has been sought and travelled by daring men seeking profit, glory or a chance to test themselves against the merciless North. Frances Hern takes us aboard ships with the explorers whose names are memorialized on modern maps of northern Canada: Martin Frobisher, daring privateer in the service of Elizabeth I; Henry Hudson, a navigator who may have driven his crew to mutiny; John Franklin, whose last voyage became an enduring northern mystery; the talented Orkneyman John Rae, a surgeon and surveyor on the trail of Franklin. Also vividly recounted are the gruelling overland treks of Samuel Hearne; the heroic exploits of Roald Amundsen, leader of the first expedition to traverse the passage; and the incredible voyages of Henry Larsen, captain of the RCMP vessel St. Roch.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
142
Release Date:
2010-03-15
Publication Date:
2010-03-31
Publisher:
HERITAGE HOUSE
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1926613295
ISBN13:
9781926613291
Weight:
201 g
Height:
142 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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