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Airstream trailers Arctic Ocean Northwest Passage Cook, James 1728-1779 Discoveries in geography Explorers Franklin, John 1786-1847 Northwest Passage Northwest Passage Discovery and exploration Northwest Passage Discovery and exploration British Northwest, Pacific Description and travelSides, Hampton
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910.92 SIDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 SIDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 SIDSimons, Lisa M. B.
Summary: "In 1845, Sir John Franklin commanded two ships on an expedition to find a Northwest Passage from England through the Arctic and over to Asia. If successful, the route would be a faster way to get goods from Asia to Europe and back. But success was not in the cards for Franklin's expedition. Only recently, the sunken ships were discovered in the icy Arctic waters. What happened to Franklin and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 SIMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC SIMVallely, Kevin
Summary: "In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last firsts" remaining in the adventure world, this journey is only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic, which provide an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 VALBeattie, Owen.
Summary: Probes the tragic and mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1845.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic/Madison Press Book 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 919.804 BEASummary: While dreams of a passage proved illusory, Captain James Cook's journey produced some of the finest charts, collections, and anthropological observations of his career. It also helped establish British relations with Russia and opened the door to the hugely influential maritime fur trade. This collection of essays from an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars - including former...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Washington Press 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 910 BARBrouwer, Sigmund
Summary: Looks at the disappearance of the John Franklin Arctic Expedition, in which two ships searching for the Northwest Passage in the Arctic vanished.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.1904 BROWilliams, Glyndwr.
Summary: The eighteenth century--the Age of Reason--was characterized by determined attempts by philosophers, scientists, and political theorists to dispel myth, superstition, and ignorance. But the Age of Reason also witnessed some of the most irrational and vainglorious attempts by sailors and speculators to find a navigable Northwest Passage that would lead through the icy seas of the Arctic from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILBerton, Pierre
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.09 BERKane, Elisha Kent
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adamant Media Corporation 1882
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.8 KANWaterman, Jonathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 WATWatson, Paul
Summary: Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845--whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice--with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Company Inc 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 998 WATDelgado, James P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkmark Books 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 910.9163 DELSummary: Bestselling British author Vanessa Collingridge searches for the man behind the legend Captain James Cook as she traces his story in a series that is part biography, part travelogue and completely enthralling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CAPRidley, Scott.
Summary: Four years after the Revolutionary War, America's independence was still in doubt. The new nation needed money and a vital surge in trade. In 1787, a group of Boston merchants decided to send two ships on a desperate mission around Cape Horn and into the Pacific Ocean, to establish new trade with China, settle an outpost on territory claimed by the Spanish, and find the legendary Northwest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENDRICK, JOHN RidleyHarmon, Daniel E.
Summary: Describes the life and travels of Jacques Cartier, the sixteenth century French navigator who made three voyages to what is today known as Canada, in search of a northwest passage to China.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 971.0113 HARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CARTIER HARRaban, Jonathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.982 RABDaly-Weir, Catherine
Summary: An introduction to the Age of Exploration covers the nautical practices of fifteenth-century Europe, Henry the Navigator's fateful new sea routes, and the impact of European advancement on ancient civilizations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9 DALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Wld His What DalyCotter, Tom
Summary: "Tom Cotter undertakes his most epic adventure in America's Greatest Road Trip. Launching from Key West, Florida, Cotter and photographer Michael Alan Ross pilot their Ford Bronco/Airstream camper combination nearly 9,000 miles to America's literal end of the road in Deadhorse, Alaska"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Motorbooks 2023
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Contents: River teeth: a definition -- Red coats -- Rose vegetables -- Her idiots -- Giving normal the finger -- A streetlamp in the Netherlands -- Kali's personal -- Another brutal Indian attack -- Northwest passage -- The garbage man's daughter -- The Mickey Mantle Koan -- Yellowjacket -- Molting -- First native -- Not rocking the boats -- My one conversation with Collin Walcott -- The king of Epoxy --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1996