Title: Stefansson, Dr. Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918 : a story of exploration, science and sovereignty /
Authors: Jenness, Stuart E. 1925-; Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Stefansson, Vilhjalmur,; Anderson, Rudolph Martin,; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur,; Anderson, Rudolph Martin,; Anderson, Rudolph Martin,; Explorers Arctic regions Biography.; Scientific expeditions Arctic regions History.; Explorateurs Arctique Biographies.; Expéditions scientifiques Arctique Histoire.; Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Canadian.; Arctique Découverte et exploration canadiennes.
Abstract: "Impressive in its scope and scholarship, this book presents the first comprehensive and authoritative account of the storied Canadian Arctic Expedition and the personal animosity of its co-leaders: the intrepid explorer/ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson and the respected scientist Rudolph Anderson. The volume details the expedition's successes and tragedies, including the discovery of islands never before mapped and the sinking of the flagship Karluk."--pub. desc.
Contents: Stefansson's new Arctic Expedition -- 1. Preparations -- 2. Victoria and Nome -- 3. 'Goodbye, Stefansson' -- The Karluk Saga -- 4. 'Adios, Karluk' -- 5. Shipwreck Camp to Wrangle Island -- 6. Captain Bartlett's Journey to Alaska -- 7. Survival on Wrangel Island -- 8. Rescue -- Stefansson's Northern Party -- 9. Revised Exploration Plans, 1913-1914 -- 10. The Search for 'Crocker Land', 1914 -- 11. Banks Island, 1914-1915 -- 12. First Discovery of Land, 1915 -- 13. Enter the Polar Bear, 1915 -- 14. More Discoveries of Land, 1916 -- 15. Stefansson's Final Explorations, 1917 -- 16. Stefansson's Skirmish with Death, 1917-1918 -- 17. Storkerson's Drift on the Arctic Ice, 1918 -- Dr. Anderson's Southern Party