Tundra : selections from the great accounts of Arctic land voyages
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771066887 :
- ISBN: 0771066880 (paperback) :
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Physical Description:
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467 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 18 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1989.
- Copyright: ©1973
Content descriptions
General Note: | "An M&S paperback" -- title page |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Coppermine Journey: Samuel Hearne's Expedition to the Coppermine River, 1769-72 -- River to the North: Alexander Mackenzie Reaches the Arctic Ocean, 1789 -- The Navy Meets the Barren Grounds: John Franklin Marches to the Sea, 1819-22 -- The Great Fish River: George Back Traverses the Barren Grounds from West to East, 1833-35 -- The Musk-Ox Hunter: Frank Russell Goes Hunting with the Dog-Rib Indians, 1892 -- The Brothers Tyrrell: Exploring the Interior of Keewatin by Canoe, 1893 -- Murder on the Tundra: The Royal North West Mounted Police Patrol to Coppermine and Bathurst Inlet, 1916-18 -- New Lands: Vilhjalmue Stefansson Discovers New Arctic Islands, 1916 -- The Spring That Never Came: John Hornby and Edgar Christian on the Thelon River, 1926-27 -- The Trader Speaks: Thierry Mallet's Vignettes of a Dying Land, 1925-29 -- Epilogue |
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