Death wins in the Arctic : the lost winter patrol of 1910 / Kerry Karram.
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TextSeries: Read how you want 16Publisher: [Strawberry Hills, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, [2018]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Large print editionDescription: xxv, 325 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781525265952 (paperback)Subject(s): Fitzgerald, Francis J., 1869-1911 -- Travel -- Northwest Territories | Fitzgerald, Francis J., 1869-1911 -- Death and burial | Royal North West Mounted Police (Canada) -- History | Police patrol -- Northwest Territories -- History | Disasters -- Northwest Territories -- History | Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest Territories | Dogsledding -- Northwest Territories -- History | Northwest Territories -- History -- 20th century | Northwest Territories -- Description and travelGenre/Form: Large type books. DDC classification: 971.91 Summary: A four-man patrol from the North West Mounted Police left Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, heading for Dawson City, Yukon, on December 21, 1910. The harrowing drama of their futile 52-day struggle to survive is an account of courageous failure, one that resonates in its depiction of human intelligence pitted against the forces of nature.
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A four-man patrol from the North West Mounted Police left Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, heading for Dawson City, Yukon, on December 21, 1910. The harrowing drama of their futile 52-day struggle to survive is an account of courageous failure, one that resonates in its depiction of human intelligence pitted against the forces of nature.
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