Discovery of the North: The Exploration of Canada's ArcticA story of the golden age of artic exploration, from Martin Frobisher in the 16thC to the controversial Vilhjalmur Stefansson in the early 20thC. |
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Introduction | 8 |
TWO Seeking the Hudson Bay Passage | 29 |
THREE Overland to the Arctic | 53 |
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