Title The ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat : travels on the Athabasca, Mackenzie, Rat, Porcupine, and Yukon Rivers in 1926 / Clara Vyvyan ; edited and introduced by I.S. MacLaren and Lisa N. LaFramboise ; foreword by Pamela Morse

Published Edmonton [Alta.] : University of Alberta Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (1, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection Contents Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- MAP 1 Western and Northern North America in 1926 -- MAP 2 The Western Arctic in 1926 -- MAP 3 Up the Rat and over the Mountains -- Lady Vyvyan's Arctic Adventure -- Contents -- 1 Dreaming of the Journey -- 2 We Plan the Journey -- 3 Southampton to Edmonton -- 4 Outfitting in Edmonton -- 5 Lure of the North -- 6 Days Ashore -- 7 Great Slave Lake -- 8 In and Out -- 9 From Providence to Aklavik -- 10 Eskimos at Aklavik 11 Harbour of Wrecked Men12 La Pierre House -- 13 The Unrelenting North -- 14 Two Idle Weeks -- 15 Prelude to Adventure -- 16 Check to our Progress -- 17 Moods, Rapids and Islands -- 18 To Barrier River -- 19 A Turning Point -- 20 Nearing the Divide -- 21 A Day of Days -- 22 A Grizzly Bear -- 23 Down the Porcupine -- 24 Friendly Faces -- 25 To Fort Yukon -- 26 At Fort Yukon -- 27 Travellers, Rivers and Mountains -- 28 The Journey Home -- Watercolour Sketches by Gwendolen Dorrien Smith -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 Abbreviations, and Notes to Text and Appendix 1References -- Index Notes Previous edition has title: Arctic adventure Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers, Lady -- Travel -- Canada, Northern Smith, Gwendolen Dorrien, 1883-1969 -- Travel -- Canada, Northern SUBJECT Smith, Gwendolen Dorrien, 1883-1969 fast Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers, Lady fast Subject Women travelers -- Canada, Northern Frontier and pioneer life -- Canada, Northern Travelers' writings, English -- Canada, Northern TRAVEL. Travelers' writings, English Frontier and pioneer life Travel Women travelers SUBJECT Canada, Northern -- Description and travel Subject Northern Canada Form Electronic book Author MacLaren, I. S., 1951- LaFramboise, Lisa N., 1965- Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers, Lady. Arctic adventure. ISBN 0888643020 9780888643025 1417593113 9781417593118 9781459304628 1459304624 9781772120905 1772120901

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