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Prisoners of the North

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  • Author: Berton, Pierre
    Contributor: Roney, Bruce
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    2006
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    The five 'prisoners' of the Arctic were Joe Boyle, a wealthy gold prospector; Vihjalmur Stefansson, who claimed to discover a tribe of blond Eskimos; Lady Jane Franklin, widow of famed explorer Sir John Franklin; John Hornby, whose obsessive quest for adventure took him to the Arctic's Barren Ground; and poet Robert Service. Their adventures read almost like fiction. All were loners, and obsessed by the North. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.

    Subject(s): Adventure and adventurers | Biography | Canada, Northern
    Original Publisher: Toronto, CNIB
    Language(s): English