00000nam##2200000za#4500 9.651971 CaOODSP 20210615115328 ta 150407|2011||||xxc||||| f|0| 0 eng|d 978-0-660-19971-9 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- NM24-28/2011E Canada. Canadian Museum of Civilization. Stefansson, Dr. Anderson and the Canadian Arctic expedition, 1913–1918 : a story of exploration, science and sovereignty / [by] Stuart E. Jenness. Mecury series. History Paper 56 Gatineau - Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation c2011. xxiv, 415p. : maps, references, tables, photographs, index ; 25 cm. Presents the first comprehensive account of one of the great sagas of Arctic exploration and discovery, the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–1918, led by the ethnologist/explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson and the zoologist Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson. Within its pages are details of the Expedition's successes and tragedies, including the discovery of all but one large island north of the Canadian mainland, the accumulation of considerable scientific information and valuable collections, and the personal feud of the Expedition's two leaders. Four appendices list Expedition personnel, fifty-three geographical sites in the Arctic named after them, locations of their diaries and collected specimens, and the thirteen government volumes arising from the Expedition. Illustrated with sixty-four photographs and twenty maps. (Résumé en français et en anglais.) Softcover 11-22 2011-06-03 Canadian history gcpds Northern Canada gcpds Scientific research gcpds Jenness, Stuart E. (Stuart Edward)