Fatal passage : the untold story of John Rae, the Arctic adventurer who discovered the fate of Franklin / Ken McGoogan.

Fatal passage : the untold story of John Rae, the Arctic adventurer who discovered the fate of Franklin / Ken McGoogan.

By
McGoogan, Kenneth, 1947-

Publication Date
2001

Publication Information
Toronto : HarperFlamingo Canada,

Physical Description
327 p. : ill.

Geographic Term
Northwest, Canadian -- Discovery and exploration.
 
Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

Summary
The true story of the remarkable John Rae - Arctic traveller and Hudson's Bay Company doctor - FATAL PASSAGE is a tale of imperial ambition and high adventure. In 1854 Rae solved the two great Arctic mysteries: the fate of the doomed Franklin expedition and the location of the last navigable link in the Northwest Passage.

Language
English

ISBN
9780002000543

General Note
"A Phyllis Bruce Book."


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