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

By: Hood, Robert

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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773501924
• ISBN13: 9780773501928
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Arctic Institute of North America
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.