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Recounts the search for a Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and looks at the major expeditions, including Frobisher, Franklin, and Amundsen
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Recounts the adventure, courage, tragedy, and ultimate triumph of explorers' efforts to discover a Northern water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific, drawing on published accounts, letters, journals, and the latest archaeological and anthropological research findings. Includes 80 color photos and 100 b&w photos and illustrations of ships, artifacts, explorers, and Natives. The author is executive director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Canada, and has led and participated in shipwreck expeditions around the world. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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