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Death Wins in the Arctic The Lost Winter Patrol Of 1910

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ISBN-10: 1459717538

ISBN-13: 9781459717534

Edition: 2013

Authors: Kerry Karram

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With prospectors, trappers, and whalers pouring into northwestern Canada, the North West Mounted Police were dispatched to the newest frontier to maintain patrols, protect indigenous peoples, enforce laws, and establish Canada's sovereignty in the North. In carrying out their duties, these intrepid men endured rigorous and dangerous conditions.On December 21, 1910, a four-man patrol left Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, heading for Dawson City, Yukon, a distance of 670 kilometres. They never arrived. The harrowing drama of their 52-day struggle to survive is an account of courageous failure, one that will resonate strongly in its depiction of human intelligence pitted against the…    
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Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 11/23/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Kerry Karram, in 2008, found her grandfather's diary inside a worn, dusty envelope. Her grandfather was Andy Cruickshank, and his diary chronicled the most extensive aviation search and rescue in Canadian history. Kerry loves the great outdoors, particularly the North, and the slopes of Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver is where she calls home.