Bartlett Robert a Bram 1875 1946 (1 results)

8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 329. 4 maps & 22 plates. Untrimmed & partly unopened in original cloth (library pocket on rear paste-down & number on lower spine, otherwise very good, with no other marking). First Canadian Edition. Bartlett was captain of the Karluk, the ship carrying the northern party of the Canadian Arctic expedition of 1913-16 led by Vilhjalmar Stefansson. He recounts his voyage north to Alaska from Esquimault, the departure of Stefansson and others to search for fresh meat when the ship was trapped by ice, the drift in Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, the sinking of the Karluk, the sledge journey to Wrangell Island, and the eventual rescue of the survivors. Almost half of the crew died on the expedition. cfArctic Bib. 1112.…