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c2009., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: 910.9163 F832f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: McGill-Queen's native and northern series Volume: 57.
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c2003., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 811.54 S691f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Hugh MacLennan poetry series Volume: 13.
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1988, c.1987., Western Producer Prairie Books Call No: 917.199 B3695f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2019., McGill-Queen's Universitry Press Call No: SC QWF 919.804 R827h Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Summary/Review: "Captains of whaling vessels were experienced navigators of northern waters, and William Penny was in the vanguard of the whaling fraternity. Leading the first maritime expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, he stood out not just for his skill as a sailor but for his curiosity about northern geography and his willingness to seek out Inuit testimony to map uncharted territory. Hunters on the Track describes and analyzes the efforts made by the Scottish whaling master to locate Franklin’s missing expedition. Bookended by an account of Penny’s whaling career, including the rediscovery of Cumberland Sound, which would play a vital role in British whaling a decade later, W. Gillies Ross provides an in-depth history of the first Franklin searches. He reconstructs the brief but frenetic period when the English-speaking world was preoccupied with locating Franklin, but when the means of that search--the ships chosen, the route taken, the evidence of Franklin’s traces--were contested and uncertain. Ross details the particularities of each search at a time when no fewer than eight ships comprising four search expeditions were attempting to find Franklin’s tracks. Reconstructing events, relationships, and decisions, he focuses on the work of Penny as commander of HMS Lady Franklin and Sophia, while also outlining the events of other expeditions and interactions among the officers and crews. William Penny is respected as one of the most influential and innovative figures in British Arctic whaling history, but his brief role in the Franklin expedition is less known. Using primary sources, notably private journals from each of the expeditions, Hunters on the Track places him at the forefront of a critical chapter of maritime history and the geographical exploration that began after Franklin disappeared."--.
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Ã2017., General, McClelland & Stewart Call No: 919.8 W341i Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The story of the greatest mystery of Arctic exploration and how a combination of marine science and Inuit knowledge led to the shipwreck's recent discovery. The book weaves together the epic story of the Franklin Expedition - whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice - with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Author Paul Watson was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition. Sir John Franklin and the crew of the HMS Erebus and Terror set off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. The hazards they encountered and the reasons they were forced to abandon ship hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of Western civilization, and the decades of searching that turned up only rumours of cannibalism and a few scattered clues - until a combination of Inuit lore and the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages.
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2012., Dimedia Call No: QWF FR 811.54 S684p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Dans ces tranchées de longitude, nous avançons peu. Nous sommes troup éblouis pour évaluer où nous sommes.Dans les gouttiéres de neige molle, nous tombons à genoux, dépassés par une blancheur qui efface toutes le choses.L'air granuleux du blizzard n'a rien d'un panorama. Comment pouvons-nous trouver nos repères?.
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c1991., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: 917.195 W892u Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: McGill-Queen's native and northern series
