Summary: Sought by explorers for centuries and hailed as the one of the most beautiful waterways in the world, The Northwest Passage tells a dramatic story of courage, discovery and adventure. From the breath-taking landscapes of the Arctic to the unforgettable exporters that risked everything to accomplish the un-thinkable, this 6-Part documentary highlights the missions and mysteries of the world s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Mill Creek Entertainment 2014
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC NORSides, 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 New Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 SIDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 SIDBeattie, 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 BEACussler, Clive.
Summary: Dirk Pitt sets out on an expedition with his children along the treacherous Northwest Passage to find a silvery mineral, which will prove his theory and link the causes for the sudden deaths in British Columbia and the incidents between the United States and an ally.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUSSimons, 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 VALHaddix, Margaret Peterson.
Summary: Time travelers Jonah and Katherine arrive in 1611 to rescue missing child John Hudson, son of the explorer Henry Hudson, but just as the mutiny on the Discovery is supposed to start, Jonah and Katherine's knowledge of history is tested once again, and they fear that more is at stake than just one boy's life. Author's note includes facts about Henry Hudson's explorations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HADCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in JT Science Fiction, Call number: JT SF Haddix 2011Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC HADSummary: Join Billy Connolly on an adventurous journey of a lifetime from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the legendary North West Passage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E1 Films Canada 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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 BARSummary: Inspired by a true story, follow the British Royal Navy's perilous voyage into unchartered territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction. Frozen, isolated and stuck at the end of the earth, it highlights all that can go wrong when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TERBrouwer, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Macallister, Greer
Summary: "1855: Virginia Reeve is summoned by an eccentric Brit with a compelling offer. Lady Jane Franklin wants her to lead a dozen women into the Arctic in search of the ships of her husband's lost expedition, and she's willing to pay handsomely. All four search attempts Lady Franklin has sponsored have failed. She has decided only a radical new approach can succeed: let women make the decisions....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACBerton, 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 WATCussler, Clive.
Summary: When a series of unexplained deaths and international hostilities occur in the wake of a breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming, NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children investigate a mysterious silvery mineral with links to a fabled Northwest Passage expedition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CUSWilliams, 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 WILWatson, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Herman, Woody
Contents: 23 red -- My funny valentine -- Northwest passage -- Poor butterfly -- Greasy sack blues -- Woody's whistle -- Red roses for a blue lady -- Opus de funk and theme (Blue flame)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1965
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ HERHerman, Woody
Contents: Four brothers (3:21) -- Woodchopper's ball (4:51) -- Apple honey (3:32) -- Goosey gander (3:39) -- Northwest Passage (3:05) -- Blowing up a storm (2:52) -- Wildroot (3:19) -- Blue flame (2:56) -- Bijou (3:08).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: JSP Music 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PM Herman 1997Herman, Woody
Contents: Woodchopper's ball -- Apple honey -- Goosey gander -- Northwest Passage -- The good earth -- A jug of wine -- Your father's moustache -- Bijou -- Wild root -- Panacea -- Backtalk -- Non-alcoholic -- Blues are brewing -- The goof and I -- Four brothers -- Blue flame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ HERRidley, 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