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Quest for a Northern Air Route

by Alexander Forbes. 142 pgs.

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

	CONTENTS
-	1941 -
1	Northwest River and Goose Bay	1
2	Chimo and the Torngat Mountains	8
3	The Trawler Fleet; Halifax	17
4	Northward to Ungava Bay	23
5	The Koksoak River; Crystal One	30
-	1942 -
6	Captain Bob Bartlett and His Schooner	41
7	From Brigus to Port Burwell	46
8	Frobisher Bay	51
9	The Search for Crowell's Island	58
10	Initial Reconnaissance; Koojesse Inlet	65
11	Exploring the Bay; Arrival of Big Ships	73
12	The New Air Base	81
-	1943 -
13	Mapping and Planning	95
14	Surveying the Koksoak River	101
15	Camp on Big Island	107
16	The Morrissey at Chimo	111
17	Back to Frobisher Bay	116
18	A Trip to Greenland	120
19	Homeward Bound	126
20	Conclusion	133
	Bibliography	141

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