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  • Baychimo: Arctic Ghost Ship

    Arctic Ghost Ship

    No vessel that sailed the Arctic seas has raised so much speculation or triggered imaginations as has the legendary Hudson's Bay Company ship Baychimo.In the 1920s, Baychimo set up trading posts in eastern Canada, sailed on fur-trading expeditions to Siberia during the turbulent years of the Russian civil war and made dangerous annual voyages around Alaska to Canada's western Arctic coast, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Arctic Naturalist

    The Life of J. Dewey Soper

    Dewey Soper first travelled to the Arctic in 1923. During the next seven years he accepted three research postings on Baffin Island, each of which lasted between one and two years. In 1929 he discovered the breeding grounds of the blue goose in the southwest corner of Baffin Island. He also charted the final unknown region of Baffin Island’s coastline. Later in life he worked in the western Arctic ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry Hudson

    Doomed Navigator and Explorer

    Series series Amazing Stories
    From the era of wooden sailing ships and Europe’s golden age of exploration, the story of famed British navigator Henry Hudson tells a classic tale of courage, ambition, and treachery on the high seas. As the leader of four Arctic voyages in 1607, 1608, 1609, and 1610, Hudson searched in vain for a navigable route through the polar ice that would open the way to the riches of Asia. In his ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Polar Region Explorers 2-Book Bundle

    River Rough, River Smooth / Arctic Naturalist

    Presenting a special 2-book bundle of Anthony Dalton’s outstanding writing on Canada's polar regions, their history, and their greatest explorers.“Dalton does an excellent job … a very enjoyable read.”— Bios NewsletterIncludes:River Rough, River SmoothManitoba’s Hayes River runs over 600 km, from Norway House to Hudson Bay. Traditionally used for transport and hunting by the indigenous Cree, it ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sir John Franklin: Expeditions to Destiny

    Expeditions to Destiny

    Series series Amazing Stories
    After Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1846 while seeking the Northwest Passage, the search for his two ships, Erebus and Terror, and survivors of his expedition became one of the most exhaustive quests of the 19th century. Despite tantalizing clues, the ships were never found, and the fate of Franklin’s expedition passed into legend as one of the North’s great and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Alone Against the Arctic

    In the summer of 1984, Anthony Dalton embarked on a near-fatal voyage in a small open boat along the wild northwest coast of Alaska, attempting a solo transit of the Northwest Passage. His sea quest ran parallel to an arduous relief expedition undertaken in 1897-98, when the officers of the US cutter Bear set out to reach eight whaling ships that were stranded in thick ice, their crews on the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Graveyard of the Pacific

    Shipwreck Tales from the Depths of History

    Series series Amazing Stories
    True tales of disaster and daring rescues reveal the fascinating and frightening maritime history of British Columbia's coastline.On January 22, 1906, the passenger ship Valencia lost her way in heavy fog and rain and rammed into the deadly rocks at Pachena Point on the west coast of Vancouver Island. As the wreck was shattered by the pounding waves, the survivors clung desperately to the rigging. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Polar Bears

    The Arctic’s Fearless Great Wanderers

    Series series Amazing Stories
    Considered wise and powerful by the Inuit and other Native cultures, and celebrated in legend and literature, polar bears have become a charismatic symbol of animals threatened by climate change in the Arctic ecosystem. Yet for centuries, polar bears were demonized and slaughtered by adventurers who sailed the icy seas seeking wealth and glory. These fascinating stories from northern lands, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Fire Canoes

    Steamboats on Great Canadian Rivers

    Series series Amazing Stories
    Anson Northup, the first steamboat on the Canadian prairies, arrived in Fort Garry in 1859. Belching hot sparks and growling in fury, it was called "fire canoe" by the local Cree. The first steam-powered passenger vessel in Canada had begun service on the St. Lawrence River in 1809, and for the next 150 years, steamboats carried passengers and freight on great Canadian rivers, among them the ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Adventures with Camera and Pen

    This is a book for all those who yearn for far away places: the adventurers and the armchair travellers. The stories run the gamut from searching for Polar bears on the shores of Hudson Bay through mountain climbing in Western Canada to tracking Royal Bengal tigers in Bangladesh jungle. They depict often hilarious encounters with an eclectic variety of wildlife in the Canadian Arctic, the Falkland ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Discovery of a Northwest Passage

    For centuries, colonial powers searched for a sea passage that would link the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The route, known as the Northwest Passage, would cut thousands of miles from sea travel and open up commercial trade to and from Asia. There were numerous expeditions to find the passage, though none successful. It was while searching for one of these failed expeditions—the Franklin Expedition ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook 2023

    The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner. Incorporating full references to the Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines, it offers all you need in one trustworthy source. Covering all the key aspects of magistrates' court practice, the book focuses on the areas most likely to arise at short notice ... Read more

    $66.59 USD