Bringing together thirty years' work on arctic whaling, Ross's invaluable text supplements Margaret Penny's journal to present a complete picture not only of this particular expedition but of arctic whaling in general. Ross provides illuminating insights into the principal characters, the mechanics and strategy of whaling, life aboard ship, the climate and geography of the Arctic, the struggle for survival in the North, and the relationship between the Inuit and Europeans. The unique combination of Margaret Penny's ...
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Bringing together thirty years' work on arctic whaling, Ross's invaluable text supplements Margaret Penny's journal to present a complete picture not only of this particular expedition but of arctic whaling in general. Ross provides illuminating insights into the principal characters, the mechanics and strategy of whaling, life aboard ship, the climate and geography of the Arctic, the struggle for survival in the North, and the relationship between the Inuit and Europeans. The unique combination of Margaret Penny's unabridged journal and Ross's extensive knowledge of whaling makes This Distant and Unsurveyed Country an invaluable resource and an unforgettable tale of adventure.
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Add this copy of This Distant and Unsurveyed Country: a Woman's Winter to cart. $30.00, good condition, Sold by Row by Row Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sugar Grove, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by McGill-Queen's University Press.
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Good in Fine jacket. A Good or better copy (owner's name) in dark blue cloth lettered in silver, in a Fine dust jacket. Brief light pencil underlining and marginalia, little cover wear, and not ex-library.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 1997 publication with B&W illustrations; tightly bound in blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Light wear to edges and corners of dust jacket; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy.
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Fine. 1st edition. xli, 258 pp. Dark blue cloth with silver title on spine in a fine dustjacket, Octavo with black and white illustrations in text. A complimentary copy from the Marketing Department of McGill-Queen's University Press. Fine condition An account of a winter whaling voyage to the eastern Canadian Arctic in 1857-58 aboard the 'Lady Franklin' by Margaret Penny, the Captains's wife.
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