Main entry:

Osborne, S. L, author.

Title & Author:

In the shadow of the pole : an early history of Arctic expeditions, 1871-1912 / S.L. Osborne.

Publication:

Toronto : Dundurn, [2013]
©2013

Description:

304 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The First American North Pole Expedition -- The Rescue Mission -- The Transfer -- A British Polar Expedition -- An American Business Venture -- The Second American North Pole Expedition -- The Adjacent Territories Order -- The First International Polar Year -- An Arctic Shipping Route -- The Hudson Bay And Strait Expedition Of 1884 -- North To Hudson Strait -- To Hudson Bay And Back -- Gordon's 1884 Hudson Bay And Strait Expedition Report -- Bell's Report Of The Expedition -- The Hudson Bay Expedition Of 1885 -- The 1885 Expedition Report -- The Hudson Bay Expedition Of 1886 -- The 1886 Expedition Report And Response To It -- Nansen's Polar Drift -- Yukon And The Western Arctic -- Another Expedition To Hudson Bay And Strait -- Wakeham's 1897 Expedition -- Wakeham's Report -- A Canadian Bid For The Pole -- Foreigners In The Arctic -- The Boundary Dispute And Other Pressing Matters -- Herschel Island -- Northern NWMP Posts -- An Eastern Arctic Expedition -- Low's Expedition, 1903 -- A Safe Harbour And A Perilous Rescue -- Fullerton Harbour, 1903 -- Asserting Canada's Authority -- Fullerton Harbour, 1904 -- Surveying And Whaling -- A Ship For Bernier -- Alaska Boundary Resolution -- Preparing For A Northern Expedition -- A Commander For The Expedition -- The Neptune's Cruise Into Arctic Waters -- Through The Strait And Back -- The Dominion Government Steamer Arctic -- Meeting Of Ships -- Fullerton Harbour -- Overwintering At Fullerton -- Spring And Summer 1905 -- Back To Fullerton -- A Question Of Supply -- The 1906 Arctic Expedition -- Annexing The Islands -- A Winter At Pond Inlet -- Continuing To Annex The Islands -- Cruise Of The Arctic, 1908-09 -- Into Canadian Arctic Waters -- A Sweeping Proclamation -- An Arctic Patrol -- Journey's End -- To The Northwest Passage, 1910 -- Retreat -- Wintering In Arctic Bay -- The Arctic's Return -- The Hudson Bay Surveys -- The Hudson Bay Railway -- The Expedition Men.
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

A history of how the Arctic became a part of Canada, including the expeditions and politics involved. This history focuses on the under-publicized Dominion government expeditions, which took place between 1884 and 1912, and the important men who led the voyages.

ISBN:

9781459717855 (pbk.)
1459717856
9781459717862
1459717864
9781459717879
1459717872

Subject:

Explorers Canada History 19th century.
Explorers Canada History 20th century.
Explorateurs Canada Histoire 19e siècle.
Explorateurs Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Discoveries in geography Canadian.
Explorers.
Entdeckungsreise
Expedition
Explorers History Canada 19th century.
Explorers History Canada 20th century.
Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Canadian History 19th century.
Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Canadian History 20th century.
Arctique Découverte et exploration canadiennes Histoire 19e siècle.
Arctique Découverte et exploration canadiennes Histoire 20e siècle.
Arctic Regions.
Canada.
Arktis
Kanada
Arctic regions Discovery and exploration 19th century.
Arctic regions Discovery and exploration 20th century.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308326
Call No.: BIB 253747
Status: Available