The Barren Ground of Northern Canada (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Barren Ground of Northern CanadaThis, then, was the sole object of my journey, to try and penetrate this unknown land, to see the Musk-ox, and find out as much as I could Ilabout their habits, and the habits of the Indians {who go in pursuit of them every year. But the only white men who had succeeded in getting far out into the Barren Ground were the early explorers, - Hearne, Sir John Franklin, Sir George Back, and Dr. Richardson, while long afterwards Dr. Rae and Stewart and Anderson went in search of the missing Franklin expedi tion. With the exception of Hearne, who threw in his lot with the Indians, these leaders were all accompanied by the most capable men that could be procured, and no expense was spared in order to make success as certain as possible, yet in spite of every precaution the story of Sir John Frank lin's first overland journey and the death of Hood are among the saddest episodes in the history of the Arctic exploration.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.