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pp. xxxv [4] 217, illustrations and plates throughout, cover protected by a BroDart jacket, “The Canadian Arctic is, and always has been, one of the most beautiful but harshest places in the world. The native peoples know and understand it and have come to terms with it. Outsiders going there today have all the advantages of up-to-date knowledge and modern technology to aid them in living and travelling there. Such was not the case, however, in 1819 for a dedicated but ill prepared and ill-equipped group of Englishmen who set out under instructions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to seek for the Northwest Passage. They encountered every hardship and hazard during their two-year mission, a mission which culminated, almost inevitably, in the loss of many lives.”
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| ISBN | 0773501924 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780773501928 | |
| Number of pages | 217 | |
| Original Title | To the Arctic By Canoe: 1819 - 1821 - The Journal and Paintings of Robert Hood, Midshipman with Franklin | |
| Published Date | 1974 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | Larger 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Montreal | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | Arctic | |
| Author: | C. Stuart Houston | |
| Publisher: | The Arctic Institute of North America - McGill-Queen's University Press |
pp. xxxv [4] 217, illustrations and plates throughout, cover protected by a BroDart jacket, “The Canadian Arctic is, and always has been, one of the most beautiful but harshest places in the world. The native peoples know and understand it and have come to terms with it. Outsiders going there today have all the advantages of up-to-date knowledge and modern technology to aid them in living and travelling there. Such was not the case, however, in 1819 for a dedicated but ill prepared and ill-equipped group of Englishmen who set out under instructions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to seek for the Northwest Passage. They encountered every hardship and hazard during their two-year mission, a mission which culminated, almost inevitably, in the loss of many lives.”
| Weight | 1.5 kg |
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