Full name: Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage

Author: James P. Delgado Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780816041244 9781553651598 0816041245 1553651596

Across the Top of the World is a vivid retelling of one of the most enduring quests in the history of exploration and discovery--the NorthwestPassage. It covers the earliest endeavors in the sixteenth century, the many ill-fated expeditions that followed, the successful crossing in 1905,and the scientific work conducted in the Northwest Passage today. The bookis beautifully illustrated and gives readers a true sense of the harsh realities of the landscapes and seascapes traversed. Among the books many highlights are the use of explorers' published accounts, the ill-fated Franklin Expedition in 1845-1847, historic and contemporary color photographs of significant artifacts, and contemporary images of the Northwest Passage from the air, land, and water. Similar books: Voyages of Delusion by Glyn Williams The Man Who Ate His Boots by Anthony Brandt Ghosts of Cape Sabine by Leonard F. Guttridge The Arctic Grail by Pierre Berton Barrow's Boys by Fergus Fleming Frozen in Time by Owen Beattie The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven Unknown Shore by Robert Ruby Ninety Degrees North by Fergus Fleming Weird and Tragic Shores by Chauncey Loomis Icebound by Leonard F. Guttridge Fatal Passage by Ken McGoogan Ordeal by Ice by Farley Mowat In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides Dead Wake by Erik Larson Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer