Cold comfort : my love affair with the Arctic / Graham W. Rowley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowley, Graham W.

Series:

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 13.

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Canada.

History.

Baffin Island (Nunavut)--Discovery and exploration--British.

Baffin Island (Nunavut).

Baffin Island (Nunavut)--Description and travel.

Rowley, Graham--Travel--Nunavut--Baffin Island.

Rowley, Graham.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An engaging reminiscence of the end of an era in arctic exploration.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Maps

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One

Preparing for an expedition

The Eastern Canadian Arctic in 1935

Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Churchill 28 March - 9 June 1936

Churchill to Bay of Gods Mercy 9 June - 18 July 1936

Walrus Island 18 July - 22 August 1936

Ship-time at Coral Harbour - Coats Island and Duke of York Bay 22 August - 25 September 1936

A long walk to Repulse Bay 25 September - 15 October 1936

Preparing for winter travel 15 October - 21 December 1936

Repulse io Igloolik - hard stari 21 December ipjd - 22 January 1937

Repulse to Igloolik - easy finish 22 January - 6 March 1937

Igloolik to Piling 6 March - jo March 1937

Return from Piling 30 March - 12 April 1937

Across Baffin Island to Pond Inlet 12 April - 26 April 1957

Pond Inlet 26 April - 3 May 1937

Pond Inlet overland to Arctic Bay 3 May -13 May 1937

Spring at Arctic Bay 15 May - 15 June 1937

Excavating in Admiralty Inlet 15 June - 51 August 1937

South on the Nascopie 31 August - November 1937

Part Two

Return to Repulse Bay 6 August - 2 September 1938

Waiting at Repulse Bay 2 September - 19 December 1938

Christmas in Lyon Inlet 19 December 1938 - 4 January 1939

Lyon Inlet to Igloolik 4 January - 30 January 1959

Jens Munk Island 30 January - 27 February 1939

Through ihe Baffin Island Mountains 27 February - 17 March 1959

Anaularealing to Pond Inlet 17 March - 23 March 1939

Pond Inlet to Igloolik 23 March - 16 May 1939

A new island, 16 May - 8 June 1939

Excavating at Abverdjar 8 ]une - 16 September 1959

South to the war 16 September - December 1939

Part Three

Foreword

The War Years 1939-45

Exercise Musk-Ox 1945-46

The Defence Research Board 1947-53

The Advisory Committee on Northern Development and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Retirement and the Carleton Years Susan Rowley and John Bennett

Ataguttaaluk

Game

Life histories

Publications from the expedition

Publications by Graham Rowley

Sources for Part III

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612853845

9786612865923

9781282853843

1282853848

9780773565913

0773565914