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Tundra : selections from the great accounts of Arctic land voyages, with ill. and maps
Record details
- ISBN: 0771066279.
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Physical Description:
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415 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, c1973.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Volume 3 of the author's trilogy The top of the world. Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 412-413. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Coppermine journey: Samuel Hearne's expedition to the Coppermine River, 1769-72 -- 2. River to the north: Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Arctic Ocean, 1789 -- 3. The navy meets the barren grounds: John Franklin marches to the sea, 1819-22 -- 4. The Great Fish River: George Back traverses the barren grounds from west to east, 1833-35 -- 5. The musk-ox hunter: Frank Russell goes hunting with the Dog-Rib Indians, 1892 -- 6. The brothers Tyrrell: Exploring the interior of Keewatin by canoe, 1893 -- 7. Murder on the tundra: The Royal North West Mounted Police patrol to Coppermine and Bathurst Inlet, 1916-18 -- 8. New lands: Vilhjalmur Stefansson discovers new Arctic islands, 1916 -- 9. The spring that never came: John Hornby and Edgar Christian on the Thelon River, 1926-27 -- 10. The trader speaks: Thierry Mallet's vignettes of a dying land, 1925-29 -- Epilogue. |
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| Subject: | Northwest, Canadian -- Discovery and exploration Northwest, Canadian -- History -- Sources Arctic regions |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | G 640 M63 (Text) | 26040001947577 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
