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To the Arctic by Canoe 1819-1821

To the Arctic by Canoe 1819-1821

The Journal and Paintings of Robert Hood, Midshipman with Franklin
By C. Stuart Houston
Exploration & Travel Studies, History: Canada: Pre-confederation Canada, History: Canada: Northern Canada
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To the Arctic by Canoe records the experiences of a remarkable young adventurer during the first overland Arctic expedition led by Sir John Franklin. This expedition was the first to travel the northern coast of North America's Arctic; in two birch-bark canoes the party surveyed no less than 675 miles of Arctic coastline.

When supplies ran out, the return trek across the Barrens became one of the most tragic incidents in the history of Arctic exploration. Robert Hood was one of those who perished on this trip. Weakened by starvation, he was shot through the head by a member of the party turned cannibal.

A highly sensitive and educated man with a painter's eye for detail, Hood was an astute observer of the political and social ways of the North. The journal reveals his awareness, unusual in his time, of the adverse effects on Native peoples and their environment of the coming of the Europeans. Hood's paintings capture the beauty as well as the harshness of the North. His bird paintings in particular are of special artistic and historical interest.
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280 Pages

24 colour illustrations, 5 maps

ISBN 9780773512221

October 1994

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Throughout his medical career C. Stuart Houston has studied the history of medicine on the prairies, contributed articles to appropriate journals, and served on the executive of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine. He is the author of numerous books, including To the Arctic by Canoe, 1819-1821: The Journal and Paintings of Robert Hood; Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822; and Arctic Artist: The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822.
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