The ice master : the doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk / Jennifer Niven.
By: Niven, Jennifer.
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BookPublisher: New York : Hyperion, c2000Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiv, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0786865296.Subject(s): Karluk (Ship) | Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration | Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918) | Karluk (Ship) | Arctic regions -- Exploration | Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918)DDC classification: 919.804 Summary: Discusses the 1913-14 Arctic scientific expedition on the H.M.C.S "Karluk" that ended when its twenty-two men, an Inuit woman and her two very young daughters, twenty-nine dogs, and a pet cat were shipwrecked in the Arctic Ocean, and describes their attempts to survive until twelve of them were rescued nine months later.
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Discusses the 1913-14 Arctic scientific expedition on the H.M.C.S "Karluk" that ended when its twenty-two men, an Inuit woman and her two very young daughters, twenty-nine dogs, and a pet cat were shipwrecked in the Arctic Ocean, and describes their attempts to survive until twelve of them were rescued nine months later.
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