Making of an Explorer : George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916.

By:

Jenness, Stuart E

Material type: Text

TextSeries: McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern StudiesPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (440 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773572287

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making of an ExplorerDDC classification:

910/.92

LOC classification:

aG635.W55 J45 2004

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Summary: The Making of an Explorer reveals how George Hubert Wilkins' experiences with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 helped a little-known Australian photographer develop into the world-famous polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Making extensive use of Wilkins' Arctic diary and other sources, both archival and published, Stuart Jenness provides new information about Wilkins, explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Canadian Arctic Expedition, and the early history of North America's Western Arctic.

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The Making of an Explorer reveals how George Hubert Wilkins' experiences with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 helped a little-known Australian photographer develop into the world-famous polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Making extensive use of Wilkins' Arctic diary and other sources, both archival and published, Stuart Jenness provides new information about Wilkins, explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Canadian Arctic Expedition, and the early history of North America's Western Arctic.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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