Fatal Passage
Subtitle: The True Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf Ed edition
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
Published: March 10, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780786709939
Subjects: History of other lands; World history; Polar Regions; Explorers; Canada, Northern; Scotland; History; History - General History; Northwest Passage; History: World; Expeditions & Discoveries; British; Rae, John,; 1813-1893; Biography; Discovery and exploration
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.