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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
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