Dead silence: the greatest mystery in Arctic discovery

This account of excavations at Marble Island ("Dead Man's Island") near Rankin Inlet in Hudson Bay, attempts to provide an explanation of the disappearance of the forty members of James Knight's expedition of 1719 to discover the Northwest Passage. It includes discovery of their...

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Beteiligte Personen: Geiger, John 1960- (VerfasserIn), Beattie, Owen 1949- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Toronto, Ont. Viking 1993
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Zusammenfassung:This account of excavations at Marble Island ("Dead Man's Island") near Rankin Inlet in Hudson Bay, attempts to provide an explanation of the disappearance of the forty members of James Knight's expedition of 1719 to discover the Northwest Passage. It includes discovery of their submerged ships, and of evidence of a winter camp
Umfang:XIX, 219 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:0670843180