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Quest for a Northern Air Route

by Alexander Forbes

Pages: 142

Contributors: Alexander Forbes

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Place of Publication: Cambridge

Publication Year: 1953

Subjects: Airways--Canada,Airways--Arctic Regions,Canada--Description And Travel--1951-,Greenland--Description And Travel

Table of Contents

Title Page

Foreword

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

Maps and Diagrams

Part One

1: Northwest River And Goose Bay

2: Chimo and The Torngat Mountains

3: The Trawler Fleet; Halifax

4: Northward to Ungava Bay

5: The Koksoak River; Crystal One

Part Two: - 1942 -

6: Captain Bob Bartlett And His Schooner

7: From Brigus to Port Burwell

8: Frobisher Bay

9: The Search for Crowell's Island

10: Initial Reconnaissance; Koojesse Inlet

11: Exploring the Bay; Arrival of Big Ships

12: The New Air Base

Part Three

13: Mapping and Planning

15: Camp on Big Island

18: A Trip to Greenland

19: Homeward Bound

20 Conclusion

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