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 traveled 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 grueling 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.
#361365 in Books 2015-01-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .60 x 5.50l; .69 #File Name: 1908476370266 pages
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