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Tundra : selections from the great accounts of Arctic land voyages Cover Image Book Book

Tundra : selections from the great accounts of Arctic land voyages / Farley Mowat.

Mowat, Farley, 1921- (author.).

Summary:

"Tundra. The gigantic Arctic land mass known as 'The Barren Lands' stretches across the top of North America, from Hudson Bay to the Pacific. Europeans of rare mettle came to this forbidding landscape in search of adventure, and they were not disappointed. Daring, courageous and determind to triumph, these heroic explorers challenged nature and won." -- back cover

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  • ISBN: 9780771066887 :
  • ISBN: 0771066880 (paperback) :
  • Physical Description: 467 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 18 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"An M&S paperback" -- title page
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Coppermine Journey: Samuel Hearne's Expedition to the Coppermine River, 1769-72 -- River to the North: Alexander Mackenzie Reaches the Arctic Ocean, 1789 -- The Navy Meets the Barren Grounds: John Franklin Marches to the Sea, 1819-22 -- The Great Fish River: George Back Traverses the Barren Grounds from West to East, 1833-35 -- The Musk-Ox Hunter: Frank Russell Goes Hunting with the Dog-Rib Indians, 1892 -- The Brothers Tyrrell: Exploring the Interior of Keewatin by Canoe, 1893 -- Murder on the Tundra: The Royal North West Mounted Police Patrol to Coppermine and Bathurst Inlet, 1916-18 -- New Lands: Vilhjalmue Stefansson Discovers New Arctic Islands, 1916 -- The Spring That Never Came: John Hornby and Edgar Christian on the Thelon River, 1926-27 -- The Trader Speaks: Thierry Mallet's Vignettes of a Dying Land, 1925-29 -- Epilogue

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