Ships of wood and men of iron : a Norwegian-Canadian saga of exploration in the high Arctic / Gerard Kenney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kenney, Gerard I., 1931- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sverdrup, Otto Neumann, 1854-1930.

Sverdrup, Otto Neumann.

Fram (Ship).

Canada, Northern--Discovery and exploration--Norwegian.

Canada, Northern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Natural Heritage Books, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A history of explorations of the Arctic in Canada, beginning with Otto Sverdrups 18981902 Norwegian expedition.

Contents:

Contents; Photo Credits; Maps; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Norwegian Expeditions, 1893-1902; The Man and the Ship; Sverdrup's Second Arctic Expedition; The First Winter; The Second Winter; The Third Winter; The Fourth Winter; Home To Norway!; Part II: The Canadian Expeditions, 1903-48; Canada Is Not Amused; Albert Low and the Neptune, 1903-04; Joseph Elzear Bernier, 1904-25; The Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18; The Twenty Years of the St. Roch, 1928-48; Canada and Norway Negotiate; Epilogue; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N

OP; R; S; T; U; W; Y; About the author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed Noverber 21, 2017).

ISBN:

9786611967819

9786613607874

9781554882922

1554882923

9781281967817

1281967815

9781280578120

1280578122

9781770704473

1770704477

OCLC:

700698744