The last voyage of the Karluk : [flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18]
This is the story of the tragic final voyage of the Karluk as told to author Ralph Hale by the ship's captain, famed Newfoundland master mariner, Bob Bartlett. The leader of the expedition, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, had left the ship on a hunting trip and was unable to return, leaving him to compl...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:cns/67955 2023-12-31T10:02:49+01:00 The last voyage of the Karluk : [flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18] Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 Hale, Ralph T. (Ralph Tracy), b. 1880 Arctic regions 1928, c1927 329 p., [26] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. image/jpeg; application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/67955 eng eng Hale, Cushman & Flint Boston, Mass. (50.14MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/TheLastVoyageKarluk.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books G 670 1913 S5 1928 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/67955 Centre for Newfoundland Studies Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies Karluk (Ship) Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration Canadian Arctic Expedition--(1913-1918) Text Book 1928 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z This is the story of the tragic final voyage of the Karluk as told to author Ralph Hale by the ship's captain, famed Newfoundland master mariner, Bob Bartlett. The leader of the expedition, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, had left the ship on a hunting trip and was unable to return, leaving him to complete those expedition objectives he was able to, and also leaving Captain Bartlett with the ship and her men. The Karluk was soon crushed and then sunk by the Arctic ice, and so Bartlett was left with little choice but to lead his men on the arduous journey over the ice to Wrangel Island. The men eventually found shelter on the island; tragically, several teams of men died on this very difficult venture. Bartlett then left with a single Inuk guide to find Alaska and then returned to rescue his men, only to find several more had died while he was seeking help. Stefansson was later honored for his role in the expedition; Bartlett was censured for taking the Karluk into the ice, but regarded a hero by both the ship's crew and society. Autographed by Bob Bartlett. Book Arctic Newfoundland Newfoundland studies Wrangel Island Alaska Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Karluk (Ship) Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration Canadian Arctic Expedition--(1913-1918) Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 Hale, Ralph T. (Ralph Tracy), b. 1880 The last voyage of the Karluk : [flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18] |
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This is the story of the tragic final voyage of the Karluk as told to author Ralph Hale by the ship's captain, famed Newfoundland master mariner, Bob Bartlett. The leader of the expedition, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, had left the ship on a hunting trip and was unable to return, leaving him to complete those expedition objectives he was able to, and also leaving Captain Bartlett with the ship and her men. The Karluk was soon crushed and then sunk by the Arctic ice, and so Bartlett was left with little choice but to lead his men on the arduous journey over the ice to Wrangel Island. The men eventually found shelter on the island; tragically, several teams of men died on this very difficult venture. Bartlett then left with a single Inuk guide to find Alaska and then returned to rescue his men, only to find several more had died while he was seeking help. Stefansson was later honored for his role in the expedition; Bartlett was censured for taking the Karluk into the ice, but regarded a hero by both the ship's crew and society. Autographed by Bob Bartlett. |
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The last voyage of the Karluk : [flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18] |
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The last voyage of the Karluk : [flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18] |
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The last voyage of the Karluk : [flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18] |
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The last voyage of the Karluk : [flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18] |
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The last voyage of the Karluk : [flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18] |
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last voyage of the karluk : [flagship of vilhjalmar stefansson's canadian arctic expedition of 1913-18] |
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Centre for Newfoundland Studies Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies |
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(50.14MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/TheLastVoyageKarluk.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books G 670 1913 S5 1928 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/67955 |
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