Description
Book SynopsisBy including relevant correspondence to and from expedition members, this title captures the original words of the participants, offering insights into the character of both Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson and making clear what really happened on this successful expedition.
Trade Review"A very significant contribution to the field of Arctic exploration and the role of the Hudson's Bay Company in the endeavour. Barr's scholarship and methodology are excellent. He is undoubtedly the leading authority today on Arctic exploration in Canada." William C. Wonders, university professor and professor emeritus of geography, University of Alberta "William Barr is one of the best editors of historical manuscripts in the country. It was a delight to read his latest work. This is a fine piece of work B solid, dependable, and thorough. Scholars will find it to be of great use and continuing value; fans of northern exploration will find the book to be up to the usual high standards of Barr's contributions. It is a delightful, accessible introduction to an important and unique episode in the European mapping of the Arctic." Ken Coates, author of The Marshall Decision and Native Rights "This book describes the set of expeditions between 1836 and 1839 whereby the task of charting the northern coast of mainland North America by European explorers was completed ... Underlying the narrative of exploration is a character clash worthy of a Dickens novel. For those who have already succumbed to "polar passion" this volume will be of great interest since Professor Barr has assembled, with great care and often from unpublished sources, original materials about the expedition which are woven into a highly readable narrative. For one coming to the subject for the first time it is an excellent introduction to the great achievement of The Hudson's Bay Company in creating and infrastructure in what must be one of the most difficult areas on earth." Honourable Donald S. Macdonald
