Bartlett: The Great Canadian Explorer [Captain Robert Bartlett]
xiv, 194 pp. 8vo. Maps on endpapers. Appendices of Bartlett's voyages and awards, and index, follow text. The story of the Canadian explorer and member of Robert Peary's expedition to reach the North Pole, including photographs taken by Bartlett during the voyage. Bartlett was instrumental in breaking through the Arctic ice to allow the party to continue towards the pole (though he was excluded from the final leg of the journey). He also led a number of important scientific expeditions to the Arctic in his schooner the Effie M. Morrissey, and surveyed Arctic waters for the United States during World War II.Keywords: ADVENTURE BIOGRAPHY ARCTIC EXPLORATION POLAR EXPEDITIONS CAPTAIN ROBERT BARTLETT EXPLORER NORTH POLE CANADA NORTHER CANADIAN REGIONS ROBERT PEARY
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0385099843
- ISBN 13 9780385099844
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages194