Adventurers of the Far North: A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas

The narrative traces the history of exploration in the Arctic and far northern North America, surveying early Elizabethan navigators, overland journeys such as Hearne's to the northern ocean, river descents by Mackenzie, and the expeditions and ultimate fate of Sir John Franklin. It examines the role of the fur trade and the Hudson's Bay Company in prompting inland exploration, outlines routes and maps used by explorers, and balances accounts of daring voyages, geographic discovery, and hardships. The volume closes with an epilogue on subsequent efforts to reach the pole and a bibliographical note for further reading.