Title Cold comfort : my love affair with the Arctic / Graham W. Rowley

Edition 2nd ed Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 326 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits Series McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 13 McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 13. Contents Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- PART ONE -- 1 Preparing for an expedition -- 2 The Eastern Canadian Arctic in 1935 -- 3 Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Churchill -- 4 Churchill to Bay of Gods Mercy -- 5 Walrus Island -- 6 Ship-time at Coral Harbour � Coats Island and Duke of York Bay -- 7 A long walk to Repulse Bay -- 8 Preparing for winter travel -- 9 Repulse to Igloolik � hard start -- 10 Repulse to Igloolik � easy finish -- 11 Igloolik to Piling -- 12 Return from Piling -- 13 Across Baffin Island to Pond Inlet 14 Pond Inlet15 Pond Inlet overland to Arctic Bay -- 16 Spring at Arctic Bay -- 17 Excavating at Admiralty Inlet -- 18 South on the Nascopie -- PART TWO -- 19 Return to Repulse Bay -- 20 Waiting at Repulse Bay -- 21 Christmas in Lyon Inlet -- 22 Lyon Inlet to Igloolik -- 23 Jens Munk Island -- 24 Through the Baffin Island Mountains -- 25 Anaularealing to Pond Inlet -- 26 Pond Inlet to Igloolik -- 27 A new island -- 28 Excavating at Abverdjar -- 29 South to the war -- PART THREE -- Foreword -- Preface -- 30 The War Years, 1939�45 31 Exercise Musk-Ox, 1945�4632 The Defence Research Board, 1947�53 -- 33 The Advisory Committee on Northern Development and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development -- 34 Retirement and the Carleton Years -- APPENDICES -- A. Ataguttaaluk -- B. Game -- C. Life histories -- D. Publications from the expedition -- E. Publications by Graham Rowley -- F. Sources for Part III -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y Summary Graham Rowley's memoir of his experiences as an archaeologist in the North before World War II. This edition includes the planned sequel covering his post-war experiences in the Arctic Analysis JSTOR-DDA Rowley, Graham Travel Nunavut Baffin Island Baffin Island (Nunavut) Discovery and exploration British Baffin Island (Nunavut) Description and travel Multi-User Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index Subject Rowley, Graham -- Travel -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island SUBJECT Rowley, Graham fast Subject BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. TRAVEL -- Canada -- General. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology. Discoveries in geography -- British Travel SUBJECT Baffin Island (Nunavut) -- Description and travel Baffin Island (Nunavut) -- Discovery and exploration -- British Canada, Northern -- History Subject Northern Canada Nunavut -- Baffin Island Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773575424 0773575421 9780773578821 077357882X

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