The Voyage of the "Snowbird II"

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Alexander, S.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1949
• Subjects: Cambridge Bay; Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Victoria Island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67026

Account of the trip of the converted U.S. Navy landing ship medium, Snowbird II, from Vancouver, B.C. to Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island, 1948, to supply the Royal Canadian Mounted Police post there. Describes special features of the ship, and her movements in the ice of Beaufort Sea and Canadian str...