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To the Arctic by Canoe 1819-1821
Houston, Stuart; Hood, Robert
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Paperback. To the Arctic by Canoe records the experiences of a remarkable young adventurer during the first overland Arctic expedition led by Sir John Franklin. This expedition was the first to travel the northern coast of North America's Arctic; in two birch-bark canoes the party surveyed no less than 675 miles of Arctic coastline. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 colour illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; 3JH; BG; BJ; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
When supplies ran out, the return trek across the Barrens became one of the most tragic incidents in the history of Arctic exploration. Robert Hood was one of those who perished on this trip. Weakened by starvation, he was shot through the head by a member of the party turned cannibal. A highly sensitive and educated man with a painter's eye for detail, Hood was an astute observer of the political and social ways of the North. The journal reveals his awareness, unusual in his time, of the adverse effects on Native peoples and their environment of the coming ... Read more
When supplies ran out, the return trek across the Barrens became one of the most tragic incidents in the history of Arctic exploration. Robert Hood was one of those who perished on this trip. Weakened by starvation, he was shot through the head by a member of the party turned cannibal. A highly sensitive and educated man with a painter's eye for detail, Hood was an astute observer of the political and social ways of the North. The journal reveals his awareness, unusual in his time, of the adverse effects on Native peoples and their environment of the coming ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773512221
SKU
V9780773512221
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99-15
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