Arctic labyrinth the quest for the Northwest Passage /: the quest for the Northwest Passage. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Glyn Williams.
• Other Names: Williams, Glyndwr
• Contents: Prologue: "There is no land unhabitable nor Sea innavigable" -- Part I: The early voyages -- "All is not golde that glistereth": The expeditions of Martin Frobisher -- "The passage is most probable"; "There is no passage nor hope of passage": The views of John Davis and William Baffin" -- "A sea to the westward": The discovery of Hudson Bay -- "To seek a needle in a bottle of hay": The rival voyages of Luke Foxe and Thomas James -- Part II: The quest renewed -- "Northward to find out the Straits of Anian": The tragic voyage of James Knight -- "The maritime philosophers stone": The vision of Arthur Dobbs -- "I left the print of my feet in blood": Samuel Hearne and the speculative geographers -- "No information could be had from maps": James Cook's final voyage -- "Insults in the name of science to modern navigations": fantasy voyage through the Northwest Passage -- Part III: An object peculiarly British -- "Our propects were truely exhilarating": The gateway of Lancaster Sound -- "The man who ate his boots": John Franklin goes overland -- "This set us all castle-building": The later voyages of Edward Parry -- "The very borders of the grave": The ordeal of the Rosses -- "To fill up the small blank on the northern charts": The explorations of Back, Dease and Simpson -- Part IV: The Franklin Expedition -- "So little now remains to be done": The last voyage of John Franklin -- "Franklin's winter quarters!": Clues in the ice -- "The Northwest Passage discovered!": The Pacific approach of McClure and Collinson -- "A thorough downright catastrophe": The search expedition of Edward Belcher -- "The fell down and died as they walked": The fate of Franklin's crews -- Part V: Firth transits of the Northwest Passage -- "My dream since childhood": Roald Amundsen and the passage -- "I felt that I was on hallowed ground": The voyages of Henry Larsen -- Epilogue: The Northwest Passage and climate change.
• Publisher Details: Toronto : Viking Canada
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color), maps, portraits
• Subjects: 910.9163/27; HISTORY / Polar Regions; Explorers -- Arctic regions -- Biography; Explorateurs -- Arctique -- Biographies; Discoveries in geography; Explorers; Travel; TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History; Geographical Discovery & Exploration; Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration; Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration; Nord-Ouest, Passage du -- Découverte et exploration; Arctique -- Découverte et exploration; Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage; Arctic Regions; Biography; Electronic books; Travel -- Arctic regions; Congresses -- Arctique
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141932583; 0141932589
• Related ISBNs: 9780670068692; 0670068691
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-413) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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