Report on the dominion government expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune 1903-1904 / by A.P. Low.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Low, A. P. (Albert Peter), 1861-1942.

Contributor:

Canada. Department of Marine and Fisheries.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neptune (Steamship).

Eskimos.

Geology--Arctic regions.

Geology.

Discoveries in geography.

Arctic Regions.

Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Canadian.

Arctic regions.

Hudson Bay.

Hudson Bay Region.

Canada, Northern--Discovery and exploration.

Canada, Northern.

Northern Canada.

Physical Description:

xvii, 355 pages, 63 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, color map, portraits ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Cruise of the Neptune

Cruise of the Neptune.

Dominion government expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau, 1906.

Contents:

Voyage to the bay

Winter quarters at Fullerton

Summer cruise of the Neptune

Historical summary

Arctic islands

Eskimos

Geology

Whaling

Navigation of Hudson Bay

Appendices: Meteorological observations. List of birds and eggs collected. List of plants collected. Notes on the fossils collected. List of the principal works and papers consulted in the preparation of the Report. Notes on the physical condition of the Eskimos.

Notes:

Title on added t.p.: Cruise of the Neptune.

Submitted to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries of Canada.

Folded map in pocket.

Includes index.

Scientific staff: A.P. Low, commander and geologist -- L.E. Borden, surgeon and botanist -- G.B. Faribault, assistant surgeon -- A. Halkett, naturalist -- C.F. King, topographer and meteorologist -- G.F. Caldwell, photographer.

Bibliography: pages 337-342.

OCLC:

17284367