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Cold comfort : my love affair with the Arctic /
Graham Rowley's memoir of his experiences as an archaeologist in the North before World War II. This edition includes the planned sequel covering his post-war experiences in the Arctic.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2007
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;
13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- PART ONE
- 1 Preparing for an expedition
- 2 The Eastern Canadian Arctic in 1935
- 3 Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Churchill
- 4 Churchill to Bay of Gods Mercy
- 5 Walrus Island
- 6 Ship-time at Coral Harbour � Coats Island and Duke of York Bay
- 7 A long walk to Repulse Bay
- 8 Preparing for winter travel
- 9 Repulse to Igloolik � hard start
- 10 Repulse to Igloolik � easy finish
- 11 Igloolik to Piling
- 12 Return from Piling
- 13 Across Baffin Island to Pond Inlet
- 14 Pond Inlet15 Pond Inlet overland to Arctic Bay
- 16 Spring at Arctic Bay
- 17 Excavating at Admiralty Inlet
- 18 South on the Nascopie
- PART TWO
- 19 Return to Repulse Bay
- 20 Waiting at Repulse Bay
- 21 Christmas in Lyon Inlet
- 22 Lyon Inlet to Igloolik
- 23 Jens Munk Island
- 24 Through the Baffin Island Mountains
- 25 Anaularealing to Pond Inlet
- 26 Pond Inlet to Igloolik
- 27 A new island
- 28 Excavating at Abverdjar
- 29 South to the war
- PART THREE
- Foreword
- Preface
- 30 The War Years, 1939�45
- 31 Exercise Musk-Ox, 1945�4632 The Defence Research Board, 1947�53
- 33 The Advisory Committee on Northern Development and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- 34 Retirement and the Carleton Years
- APPENDICES
- A. Ataguttaaluk
- B. Game
- C. Life histories
- D. Publications from the expedition
- E. Publications by Graham Rowley
- F. Sources for Part III
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y