Back, George (Captain)

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition (Illustrated by a Map and Plates); to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835

Edmonton, Alberta, M.G. Hurtig Ltd. Booksellers and Publishers | Printed in Japan, 1970. First Hurtig Edition. Hardcover. pp. xxvii, 663. Thick Small 8vo. Lovely navy blue cloth boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine. Replete with many photographic reproductions of engravings by E. Finden, many illustrations and one large fold-out map entitled: "Map of the Discoveries and Route of Arctic Land Expedition in the Years 1834 and 1835 Surveyed and Drawn by Captain Black R.N.". Slight foxing to the top edge, stamp to the ffep else contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket. .

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Boeknummer: 361

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: canadian history; maps; local history; canadiana; arctic exploration; maritime;

Beattie, Owen; John Geiger

Frozen in Time: Unlocking the Secrets of the Franklin Expedition

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Western Producer Prairie Books, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xi, 180. 8vo. Light blue boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Light edgewear, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket. .

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Boeknummer: 3614

Catalogus: Polar

Gough, Barry

First Across the Continent: Sir Alexander Mackenzie

Toronto, Mcclelland & Stewart, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xix, 232. Small 8vo. Black "leatherette" over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Replete with maps, photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine and housed in fine dustjacket. Appears unread; as new. .

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Boeknummer: 1783

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: travel; exploration; canadian history; nautical; ships; canadiana;

Jason, Victoria

Kabloona in Yellow Kayak: One Woman's Journey Through the Northwest Passage

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Turnstone Press Limited, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. ix, 298. 8vo. Publisher's navy blue boards. Rich with many black-and-white, and colour maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Light general shelfwear, neat ink name to the ffep, else, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good and housed in very good dustjacket. Very Good + During the summers of 1991 through 1994 Victoria Jason and two companions--Fred Reffler and Don Starkell--set out to kayak from Churchill, Manitoba to Tuktoyaktuk on the Beaufort Sea. When she set out in 1991, Victoria, already a grandmother of two, had been kayaking for only a year and was still recovering from the second of two strokes.

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Boeknummer: 4250

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: travel; inuit; eskimo; northwest passage; travelogue; women's studies; exploration; nautical; canoeing

Stefánsson, Vilhjálmur (1879-1962); Belmore Browne (Illust.)

Arctic Manual ; Prepared Under the Direction of the Chief of the Air Corps

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 556. 8vo. measuring 5.5" x 7.5". Original navy-blue cloth over boards, blue lettering to the spine. Sixteen unnumbered leaves of drawings, and photographic plates demonstrative of building various snowhouses, snowcamps, etc. Exceptionally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in good+ original, unclipped, dustjacket (bearing original price of $3.00) showing some light occasional chips to the edges of the panels, light sunning to the spine panel (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good. Sections include: Historical Background, Physical Geography, Climate and Weather, Light in Polar Regions, Animal Life, Vegetation, Shelter and Heat and Light, Food and Drink, Clothing and Personal Equipment (Eskimo Clothing - Procurement, Preparation of Skins, Use and Care), Health, Accident and Disease, Travel, Diet, Transportation, Hunting and Fishing, Mechanized Transport, et al. This all-important picture of the Arctic as it really is, by one of the world authorities on the subject, was originally prepared by Mr. Stefansson for the U.S. Army, to afford realistic advice on how to survive when stranded in that generally misunderstood region. Thus the book originated for practical use. However, it has proved so absorbing in its recounting of history and adventure, in its scientific explanations of the curious ways of nature, and in its plain human interest, that is now reissued with added material. The book presents a fascinatingly broad general view of the living and working conditions in the Arctic, which differ so greatly from those to which most of us have been accustomed.

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Boeknummer: 6164

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: travel; voyages; exploration; manitoba history; canadian history; arctic; arctic exploration; inuit; anthropology; iceland; icelandica; icelandic canadian explorers; polar exploration

Stefánsson, Vilhjálmur (1879-1962)

Heimsskautslöndin UnaðSlegu [the Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions] ; Complete in Three Volumes, and Rendered into Icelandic

Reykjavík, Iceland, Ársæll Árnason, 1938-1939. First Edition. Leather Bound. pp. 339; 313; 383. 8vo's. measuring 6" x 9". Uniformly bound in three-quarters textured black leather over patterned boards, featuring gilt rules and lettering to the spines; speckled page edges. Four raised bands to spine, five compartments. Black-and-white photographic frontispieces. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white in-text maps (including four fold-out maps), remarkable photographs capturing the Arctic landscape, Stefánsson's compatriots and colleagues, the Indigenous Peoples of the region etc. additional photographic reproductions, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Only the faintest edgewear present to the extremities (chiefly confined to the bottom edges), light creasing to the lower margin of the fold-out map in Volume II, neat ink name to the front-free endpapers of all volumes which have been discreetly covered with white stickers, otherwise, the text-blocks remain without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and tight, sound bindings. Near fine. An exceptionally handsome, and most uncommon presentation of Stefánsson's remarkable account of his leadership of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–1916, and beyond; all in a rare translation into his native Icelandic. Rare in commerce in this edition, and binding. Born in Arnes, Manitoba to Icelandic parents in 1879, the Canadian explorer Vilhjelmur Stefansson (born William Stephenson – changing it to Icelandic form in 1899) grew up in North Dakota in the United States. In the first decade of the twentieth century Stefansson worked in Iceland for a time, before spending an extended period between 1906 and 1912 conducting ethnographic surveys of the Indigenous populations of the North American Arctic, spending the winter of 1906-7 with Inuit in the Mackenzie River delta in Yukon. In 1913 Stefansson organized the Canadian Arctic Expedition, arranged by the Canadian government to explore the sea west of the Parry Archipelago, the northernmost islands in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition set off from Nome, Alaska, but soon ran into trouble. The lead ship Karluk became trapped in ice and Stefansson disembarked to continue his travels, purportedly to gather provisions, but, in the eyes of the crew, in order to avoid drifting off course. The Karluk drifted westward in the ice floes, eventually being crushed in January 1914. Survivors attempted to reach Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, but many perished, either from carbon monoxide poisoning or from the severe cold. Eventually, the captain of the ship, Robert Bartlett with Inuit guide Kataktovik ventured across the sea ice first to Siberia and then to Nome, where they arrived in May 1914, and arranged a rescue party to pick up the rest of the survivors. Stefansson continued his expedition across the frozen Arctic for a further four years, discovering numerous islands that were unknown even to Inuit and better surveying many others. The Friendly Arctic is his published account of the expedition and was printed in 1922. " [Source: The Royal Collection Trust; Retrieved on Oct, 2021; The Manitoba Historical Society].

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Boeknummer: 4104

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: icelandic history; arctic; polar exploration; history; travel; travelogue; eskimo; indigenous studies; indian studies; first nations; manitoba history; arnes; local history; inuit; nautical; Karluk; arctic circle; ernest shackleton; alistair mackay

Stefánsson, Vilhjálmur (1879-1962)

MeðAl Eskimóa [My Life with the Eskimo] ; Rendered into Icelandic

Reykjavík, Iceland, Ársæll Árnason, 1938. First Edition. Leather Bound. pp. 319. 8vo. measuring 6" x 9". Bound in three-quarters textured black leather over patterned boards, featuring gilt rules and lettering to the spine; speckled page edges. Four rasied bands to spine, five compartments. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece depicting two Indigenous subjects. Richly illustrated with black-and-white in-text maps (including one fold-out map), remarkable photographs capturing the Arctic landscape, the Indigenous Peoples of the region etc. additional photographic reproductions, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Only the faintest edgewear present to the extremities (chiefly confined to the bottom edge), light creasing to the lower margin of the fold-out map, neat ink name to the front-free endpaper which has been discreetly covered with a white sticker, otherwise, the text-block remains without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and tight, sound binding. Near fine. An exceptionally handsome, and most uncommon presentation of Stefánssons' remarkable anthropological account of his time amongst the Inuit including rich observations of their interactions with explorers, traders, missionaries, and detailed notes on their customs, hunting techniques and much else; all in a rare translation into his native Icelandic. Rare in commerce in this edition, and binding. Born in Arnes, Manitoba to Icelandic parents in 1879, the Canadian explorer Vilhjelmur Stefansson (born William Stephenson – changing it to Icelandic form in 1899) grew up in North Dakota in the United States. In the first decade of the twentieth century Stefansson worked in Iceland for a time, before spending an extended period between 1906 and 1912 conducting ethnographic surveys of the Indigenous populations of the North American Arctic, spending the winter of 1906-7 with Inuit in the Mackenzie River delta in Yukon. In 1913 Stefansson organized the Canadian Arctic Expedition, arranged by the Canadian government to explore the sea west of the Parry Archipelago, the northernmost islands in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition set off from Nome, Alaska, but soon ran into trouble. The lead ship Karluk became trapped in ice and Stefansson disembarked to continue his travels, purportedly to gather provisions, but, in the eyes of the crew, in order to avoid drifting off course. The Karluk drifted westward in the ice floes, eventually being crushed in January 1914. Survivors attempted to reach Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, but many perished, either from carbon monoxide poisoning or from the severe cold. Eventually, the captain of the ship, Robert Bartlett with Inuit guide Kataktovik ventured across the sea ice first to Siberia and then to Nome, where they arrived in May 1914, and arranged a rescue party to pick up the rest of the survivors. Stefansson continued his expedition across the frozen Arctic for a further four years, discovering numerous islands that were unknown even to Inuit and better surveying many others. The Friendly Arctic is his published account of the expedition and was printed in 1922. " [Source: The Royal Collection Trust; Retrieved on Oct, 2021; The Manitoba Historical Society].

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Boeknummer: 4106

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: icelandic history; arctic; polar exploration; history; travel; travelogue; eskimo; indigenous studies; indian studies; first nations; manitoba history; arnes; local history; inuit; nautical; Karluk; arctic circle; ernest shackleton; alistair mackay; rudol

Stefánsson, Vilhjálmur (1879-1962); Edward William Nelson (Intro.)

The Northward Course of Empire ; With Illustrations and a Map

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. [1922]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xx, 274. Small 8vo. measuring 5.5" x 7.5". Original ribbed forest-green cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, blind-stamped title to the front board. Map frontispiece accompanied with eight remarkable photographic plates - all collated and accounted for - (depicting in various order: "Eskimo Women of Alaska", "Reindeer, Drift Logs and Tall Grass along the Polar Sea", "The Camp of the Oil Drillers Near Fort Norman", "Eskimo Dog in the Tall Eskimo Grass", "Ovibos in their Native Heath", amongst many others striking scenes), and one exceptionally well-preserved fold-out map of the Arctic Circle. Extremities show lightest fraying to the head of spine, tips, single private ownership stamp to the front pastedown (belonging to a Mr. Hughes-Onslow - Master of the Supreme Court, Royal Courts of Justice), text-block entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves. Overall, very good. Corresponds to OCLC #3213815. "An argument for possibilities of life in the Arctic regions. .

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Boeknummer: 6163

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: travel; voyages; exploration; manitoba history; canadian history; arctic; arctic exploration; inuit; anthropology; iceland; icelandica; icelandic canadian explorers; polar exploration

Stefánsson, Vilhjálmur (1879-1962)

VeiðImenn á Hjara Heims [Hunters of the Great North] ; Rendered into Icelandic

Reykjavík, Iceland, Ársæll Árnason, 1937. First Edition. Leather Bound. pp. 319. 8vo. measuring 6" x 9". Bound in three-quarters textured black leather over patterned boards, featuring gilt rules and lettering to the spine; speckled page edges. Four rasied bands to spine, five compartments. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Stefánsson. Richly illustrated with black-and-white in-text maps (including one fold-out map), remarkable photographs capturing the Arctic landscape, the Indigenous Peoples of the region etc. additional photographic reproductions, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Only the faintest edgewear present to the extremities (chiefly confined to the bottom edge), light creasing to the lower margin of the fold-out map, neat ink name to the front-free endpaper which has been discreetly covered with a white sticker, otherwise, the text-block remains without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and tight, sound binding. Near fine. An exceptionally handsome, and most uncommon presentation of Stefánsson's remarkable account of his expedition amongst the Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta region and northern Alaska in 1906-07; all in a rare translation into his native Icelandic. Rare in commerce in this edition, and binding. Born in Arnes, Manitoba to Icelandic parents in 1879, the Canadian explorer Vilhjelmur Stefansson (born William Stephenson – changing it to Icelandic form in 1899) grew up in North Dakota in the United States. In the first decade of the twentieth century Stefansson worked in Iceland for a time, before spending an extended period between 1906 and 1912 conducting ethnographic surveys of the Indigenous populations of the North American Arctic, spending the winter of 1906-7 with Inuit in the Mackenzie River delta in Yukon. In 1913 Stefansson organized the Canadian Arctic Expedition, arranged by the Canadian government to explore the sea west of the Parry Archipelago, the northernmost islands in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition set off from Nome, Alaska, but soon ran into trouble. The lead ship Karluk became trapped in ice and Stefansson disembarked to continue his travels, purportedly to gather provisions, but, in the eyes of the crew, in order to avoid drifting off course. The Karluk drifted westward in the ice floes, eventually being crushed in January 1914. Survivors attempted to reach Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, but many perished, either from carbon monoxide poisoning or from the severe cold. Eventually, the captain of the ship, Robert Bartlett with Inuit guide Kataktovik ventured across the sea ice first to Siberia and then to Nome, where they arrived in May 1914, and arranged a rescue party to pick up the rest of the survivors. Stefansson continued his expedition across the frozen Arctic for a further four years, discovering numerous islands that were unknown even to Inuit and better surveying many others. The Friendly Arctic is his published account of the expedition and was printed in 1922. " [Source: The Royal Collection Trust; Retrieved on Oct, 2021; The Manitoba Historical Society].

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Boeknummer: 4105

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: icelandic history; arctic; polar exploration; history; travel; travelogue; eskimo; indigenous studies; indian studies; first nations; manitoba history; arnes; local history; inuit; nautical; Karluk; arctic circle; ernest shackleton; alistair mackay

Taylor, Andrew

Arctic Blue Books. British Parliamentary Papers on Exploration in the Canadian North

[Washington, D.C.], U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. First printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 36. Stapled card covers. White stapled card covers, small sticker and stamp to the bottom left corner of the front cover, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Near fine. Reprinted from Arctic Bibliography Vol. VIII. .

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Boeknummer: 254

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: Arctic history; history; northern canada; reference; books about books; canadiana; canadian history;

Taylor, Andrew

Geographical Discovery and Exploration in the Queen Elizabeth Islands ; Geographical Branch Memoir 3

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Government of Canada, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. vii, 172. 8vo. measuring 6.5" x 9.75". Plain card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white maps. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near fine. .

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Boeknummer: 4848

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: biography; memoirs; canadian history; canadiana; polar; travel; exploration; maritime; naval history; northern canadian history

Whitney, Harry

Hunting with the Eskimos; the Unique Record of a Sportsman's Year Among the Northernmost Tribe - the Big Game Hunting, the Native Life, and the Battle for Existence Through the Long Arctic Night. Illustrated with Photographs by the Author.

New York, The Century Co. 1910. First American edition. Hardcover. pp. xiv, 453. Measuring 6 x 9 inches. Black and white photographic frontispiece accompanied with the original tissue guard and 63 plates and illustrations from wonderful photographs taken by the author including many depicting the Inuit. One black and white fold-out map. Navy blue cloth with gilt stamped title to the spine and front board, untrimmed page edges. Edgewear, slightly shaken, ink inscription and stamp of the previous owner to the title page, faint tide marks to the right margins of a few of the initial pages (unaffecting content). Overall, the text-block remains clean with sound binding. Overall, good+. Significantly, the title and copyright page bears the inscription, signature and stamp of Father Frans Van De Velde - O.M.I. [Member, Oblates of Mary Immaculate]. "Member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate religious order, cultural historian, author, and genealogist, Father Franz (Frans) was born in Belgium on 28 November 1909 to Arthur Van de Velde and Gabriella Lanens de Lier. He graduated from a Jesuit secondary school in 1929, but chose to join the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a worldwide missionary order founded in France. He took his first vows as an Oblate on 8 September 1930, in Niewenhove, and was ordained a priest by Bishop Rassneur on 8 September 1933 in Velaines, Belgium. Also known by his Inuit name Ataata Vinivi, he was honoured by Belgium as “Knight in the Order of the Crown” (Decoration de Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Couronne) in Ottawa on 25 February 1986. He received the Order of Canada award from His Excellency Edward Schreyer on 11 April 1984. In 1981, Princess Margriet unveiled a granite sculpture dedicated to him in his Flemish hometown of Landskouter. Carved by Belgian artist Frans Heirbaut, it depicts Ataata Vinivi, an Inuk woman, and the famous Pelly Bay stone church. Father Van de Velde retired from northern parish ministry in 1986 and spent the rest of his life in Belgium." (Source: ARCTIC VOL. 55, NO. 4 (DECEMBER 2002) P. 407–408). .

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Boeknummer: 365

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: inuit; aboriginal studies; manitoba history; canadian history; canadian; arctic exploration; maritime; native studies; indigenous studies; hudson's bay company; churchill manitoba; history;