From Barrow to Boothia: The Arctic Journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839 Volume 7

by William Barr

Over a three-year period from 1837 to 1939, operating from a base-camp at Fort Confidence on Great Bear Lake, the expedition achieved its goal. Despite serious problems with sea ice, Dease and Simpson, in some of the longest small-boat voyages in the history of the Arctic, mapped the remaining gaps in a model operation of efficient, economical, and safe exploration. Thomas Simpson's narrative, the standard source on the expedition, claimed the expedition's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773522530
• ISBN13: 9780773522534
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.1" x 10.0"