Moses Norton (ca. Late 1720s-1773)
. As his father had, Norton did some exploring when his boss, Ferdinand Jacobs, sent him to Chesterfield Inlet in 1762. He returned to report reaching its very end and finding that no hoped-for Northwest Passage existed there. That autumn, Jacobs went to command York Fort, and Norton succeeded him a...
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1982
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| Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65401 |