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Author : Gerard Kenney
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781897045060
A history of explorations of the Arctic in Canada, beginning with Otto Sverdrup's 1898?1902 Norwegian expedition.
Author : Gerard Kenney
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770704473
In the barren lands of Canada far north of the Arctic circle, summers are quick and cool, mere short interruptions in the true business of the polar regions, winter. Winters there can be dangerous with temperatures that plunge to awesome depths during the long, lonely hours of Arctic darkness. Powerful blizzards shriek across the land for days at a time, causing all animal life to seek shelter from the cutting blast, essentially putting a temporary end to normal activities of life, such as travelling and eating. It is an unforgiving land that does not easily suffer fools. Over 100 years ago, in June 1898, Captain Otto Sverdrup and 15 crewmen put out to sea aboard the schooner Fram from the Norwegian city today known as Oslo. When they returned to Norway four years later, they came back with a record of geographic and scientific discovery, the richness of which is unparalleled in the annals of Arctic exploration. The first section of this book is the story of those four heroic years spent in the High Arctic and their impact on Canadas subsequent efforts to ensure Canadian sovereignty in the area of the Norwegian discoveries. The second section of the book deals with the Canadian Arctic expeditions between 1903 and 1948, led by intrepid men such as A.P. Low, Joseph E. Bernier, Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Henry Larsen. "For anyone interested in the recent history of the Canadian North and why we even call it the Canadian North Ships of Wood and Men of Iron is a must read. Kenney persuasively nominates a shortlist of new national heroes for a country badly in need of them." - Randy Boswell, CanWest News Service "In my view, this book will be an important document about Canada-Norway relations in the North, especially considering the increased international emphasis now on circumpolar relations in the North." - Shirley Wolff Serafini, Canadian Ambassador to Norway "This book is a well deserved recognition of one of Norways most famous polar explorers and his invaluable contributions to the exploration and development of science in the Canadian Arctic. Gerard Kenney’s book also sheds an interesting new light on the history of the final settlement of Norways territorial claim of the Sverdrup Islands." - Ingvard Havnen, former Norwegian Ambassador to Canada
Author : Frederick William Wallace
Publisher : London : White Lion Pub.
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Cargo ships
ISBN : 0856174963
Author : Raymond S. Simmons, II
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1495120082
Author : William G. Mangan
Publisher : Booklocker.com
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 164719315X
Back when ships were wood with sails powered by wind, men were tough as iron. They sailed following the stars, ate dried food, lived spartan lives and endured rough seas. This is one man's adventures living in that world and more.
Author : Kathleen M. Middleton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0752405632
Author : Trygvie Jensen
Publisher : Trygvie Jensen
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Door County (Wis.)
ISBN : 9780976478270
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008450244
Author : Ronald Utt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781621570080
The War of 1812 is typically noted for a handful of events: the burning of the White House, the rise of the Star Spangled Banner, and the battle of New Orleans. But in fact the greatest consequence of that distant conflict was the birth of the U.S. Navy. During the War of 1812, America’s tiny fleet took on the mightiest naval power on earth, besting the British in a string of victories that stunned both nations. In his new book, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Birth of the American Navy, author Dr. Ronald Utt not only sheds new light on the naval battles of the War of 1812 and how they gave birth to our nation’s great navy, but tells the story of the War of 1812 through the portraits of famous American war heroes. From the cunning Stephen Decatur to the fierce David Porter, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron relates how thousands of American men and boys gave better than they got against the British Navy. The great age of fighting sail is as rich in heroic drama as any epoch. Dr. Utt’s Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron retrieves the American chapter of that epoch from unjustified obscurity, and offers readers an intriguing chronicle of the War of 1812 as well as a unique perspective on the birth of the U.S. Navy.
Author : Christopher Nicole
Publisher : G K Hall & Company
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1850577307
Continues the saga of the McGann family. Previous titles: Òld glory', T̀he sea and the sand', Ẁind of destiny'.
Author : John Townsend Trowbridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN : NYPL:33433082289970
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1308 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11330877
Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1308 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : United States
ISBN : OXFORD:555038946
Author : Michael Walter Flinn
Publisher : Edinburgh U.P
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Crawley Ironworks
ISBN : UOM:39015081319132
History of the Crowley iron company in England. Also includes a biography of Ambrose and John.
Author : Charles Frederick T. YOUNG
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017590183