Book Information

  • Series: Amazing Stories
  • Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
  • Publication Date: 4 December 2009
  • Copyright Year: 2009
  • ISBN: 9781552774328
  • Page Count: 152
  • Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
  • Interest ages: 11-18

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The Quest for the Northwest Passage

Exploring the elusive route through Canada's Arctic waters

by L.D. Cross

Centuries of exploration, discovery and conflict over the prized elusive route through Canada's Arctic waters are examined in this book.

For centuries, Europeans sought the elusive Northwest Passage that would link Europe to the Far East and China. Early visitors to Canada's northern coasts included Viking sailors and Basque whalers. Then came the prominent explorers -- John Cabot, Vasco da Gama, Martin Frobisher and Sir John Franklin. Now that global warming threatens to melt much of the Arctic ice cap, conflict over the Northwest Passage and the resource riches of the Arctic is intensifying.

About the Author

L.D. Cross is an Ottawa writer and member of the Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC). Her business and lifestyle articles have appeared in publications such as Home Business Report, Modern Woman, WeddingBells, Fifty-Five Plus, enRoute, Aviation History, and Legion Magazine. She has won awards of excellence for features and for editorial and technical writing in the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Ottawa EXCEL, competitions.

Cross is also co-author of Inside Outside: In Conversation with a Doctor and a Clothing Designer, which is about achieving a lifetime of feeling good and looking good.


Subjects (BISAC)

HISTORY / Canada / General

Subjects

Biography - Exploration, Canadian Biography: Seafarers, Canadian History

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