Fatal Passage
Subtitle: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780786711567
Subjects: Biography: historical; World history; Modern - 19th Century; History; History - General History; History: World; Expeditions & Discoveries; Historical - General; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; General
First sentence: In June 1833, in the rugged Orkney Islands of northern Scotland, a restless, energetic young ship's doctor stood on the deck of a weather-beaten fur-trading vessel as it sailed out of Stromness harbour.