Polar Region Explorers 2-Book Bundle : River Rough, River Smooth /

A special 2-book bundle of Anthony Dalton's outstanding writing on Canada's polar regions, their history, and their greatest explorers. Includes: River Rough, River Smooth and Arctic Naturalist.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dalton, Anthony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : Dundurn, 2016.
Temas:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Adventurers & Explorers.
Discoveries in geography
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > History.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration.
Arctique > Découverte et exploration.
Arctic Regions
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • River Rough, River Smooth
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • CHAPTER 1 Rowing Down the River
  • CHAPTER 2 The Historic Hayes
  • CHAPTER 3 Norway House
  • CHAPTER 4 York Boats
  • CHAPTER 5 Sea River Falls
  • CHAPTER 6 The Meandering Echimamish
  • CHAPTER 7 A Score of Beaver Dams
  • CHAPTER 8 Painted Stone and Beyond
  • CHAPTER 9 The Longest Portage
  • CHAPTER 10 Logan Lake and Whitewater
  • CHAPTER 11 Near Disaster at Hell Gates
  • CHAPTER 12 Sailing on Windy Lake
  • CHAPTER 13 The Wreck at Wipanipanis Falls
  • CHAPTER 14 An End, and a New BeginningCHAPTER 15 Three Canoes on the Hayes
  • CHAPTER 16 Rapid Descent
  • CHAPTER 17 Final Days on the Mighty River
  • CHAPTER 18 York Factory
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anthony Dalton
  • OF RELATED INTEREST
  • Arctic Naturalist
  • ARCTIC NATURALIST
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1
  • A Young Naturalist
  • 2
  • Into a Western Wonderland
  • 3
  • First Expedition: Into the Foothills of the Rockies
  • 4
  • Ontario Again
  • 5
  • Building and Learning
  • 6
  • Expedition to the Eastern Arctic, 19237
  • A Second Arctic Expedition
  • 8
  • Exploring Baffin Island
  • 9
  • The Nettilling Lake Expedition
  • 10
  • A Winter Traverse
  • 11
  • Cape Dorset Summer
  • 12
  • A Brief Prairie Interlude
  • 13
  • Baffin Island, 1928â#x80;#x93;29
  • 14
  • In Search of the Blue Goose
  • 15
  • Lake Harbour, 1930â#x80;#x93;31
  • 16
  • Two Decades of Stellar Service
  • 17
  • An Attempt at Retirement
  • 18
  • Researching the Mammals of Alberta
  • 19
  • A Second Retirement
  • Appendix I
  • Awards and Honours
  • Appendix II
  • Scientific DiscoveriesAppendix III
  • Clubs and Associations
  • Notes
  • Works by J. Dewey Soper
  • Selected Bibliography
  • About the Author

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