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1 online resource |
| Series |
Amazing stories |
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Amazing stories (Surrey, B.C.)
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| Summary |
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 travelled 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 gruelling 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 |
| Notes |
A list of keywords based on the index in the print edition is provided for use in searching the content of the electronic edition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from EPUB version (Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection, viewed January 26, 2021) |
| Subject |
Explorers -- Canada, Northern -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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Discoveries in geography
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Explorers
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| SUBJECT |
Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006958
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Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration
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| Subject |
Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage
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Arctic Regions
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Northern Canada
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781926936130 |
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1926936132 |
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9781926936352 |
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1926936353 |
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