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, B.Sc., F.R.G.S., Officer in charge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Canada. Department of Marine and Fisheries, issuing body.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography.

Hudson Bay Region--Description and travel.

Hudson Bay Region.

Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.)--Description and travel.

Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.).

Neptune (Steamship).

Canada--Discovery and exploration.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 355 pages, 51 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, color maps, portraits.

Other Title:

Cruise of the Neptune

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau, 1906.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Narrative of an expedition to patrol Canadian waters and establish government stations; chapters on history, Eskimos, and geology.

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:

Submitted to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries of Canada.

Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-342) and index.

OCLC:

609917614

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.