Plowing the Arctic: Being an Account of the Voyage of the R.C.M.P. "St. Roch" Through the North West Passage from West to EastLongmans, Green and Company, 1945 - 311 páginas Account of the voyage of the "St. Roch" through the Northwest Passage in 1940-42; the author is a journalist who did not participate in the voyage but evidently had access to the ship's log books; it is difficult to disentangle facts from the mass of highly improbable dialogue. |
Términos y frases comunes
ahead Aklavik anchor Anuna baby bearded seal began boat Boothia Peninsula breathing-hole camp Cape Garry caribou Chartrand clothing cold crew Dad Parry dogs Equalla Eskimos eyes face Farrar Father Henry fingers fish floe foxes Fred Carpenter fresh frozen gave Gjoa Haven going grunted hands harbour hard hardtack heavy hurried Inspector Island Kalvik keep Kingok knew Konaluk lamp Larsen nodded looked meat miles morning Mounted Police moved mukluks My-sek natives Neo-vit-cheak never night North West Passage nose o'clock paused Peters picked pipe Pond Inlet Porter pulling pushed Roch schooner seal seal hunting shelter ship skin skipper sleep sleeping-bag snow snowhouse soon stove thing told Larsen took trail travelling trip turned vessel village voice waiting Walker Bay walrus watch weather wife wind winter women words