To the Arctic by Canoe 1819-1821: The Journal and Paintings of Robert Hood, Midshipman With Franklin

By: Houston, Stuart

Book Overview

To the Arctic by Canoe records the experiences of a remarkable young adventurer, Robert Hood, during the first overland Arctic expedition led by Sir John Franklin. Franklin's expedition was the first to travel the northern coast of North America's Arctic; in two birch-bark canoes the party surveyed no less than 675 miles of Arctic coastline.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773512225
• ISBN13: 9780773512221
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"