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Empire of ice and stone : the disastrous and heroic voyage of the Karluk

text Empire of ice and stone : the disastrous and heroic voyage of the Karluk

Summary
"The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it. In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlet... Read more
Contents
The company of the Karluk -- Time line of relevant Arctic exploration, expeditions, and disasters -- Birth of an explorer -- Master mariner -- Toward the discovery of new lands -- Omens -- Mirages -- Beset -- The caribou hunt -- Adrift -- "As lamb... Read more
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xvi, 412 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Publisher
St. Martin's Press 2022

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Kingsley Branch Library 919.804 LEV in Adult Non-fiction Available

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