num_pages: 228
description: Recounts the search for a Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and looks at the major expeditions, including Frobisher, Franklin, and Amundsen
language: English
title: Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
titlecomplete: Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
genres: Canada, Science, Nonfiction, Travel, History
ratings_count: 46
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: John Lyman Book Award
category: Canadian Naval and Maritime History
publisher: Checkmark Books