Trapped in the ArcticA series of accessible, fast-paced non-fiction narratives aimed at pre-teen and young teenage readersNothing obsessed Victorian era explorers more than the idea of a seaway from the Atlandc to the Pacific -- the North West Passage. Thousands searched for it in the icy maze of Canada's Arctic islands -- their hopes and dreams so often crushed by the brutal cold of the Arctic. |
Contents
The mysterious Passage | 9 |
The Explorer and the Missionary | 18 |
A daring gamble | 24 |
Copyright | |
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