The Barren Ground of Northern CanadaMacmillan and Company, 1892 - 300 An account of a journey in 1889 to the desert region of Canada between Hudson Bay and the Arctic Sea, in order to find and study the musk-ox and its Indian hunters. |
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... snow . Unfortunately Mrs. Flett had been unable to stand the climate of the old country , and was quite broken down ... snowfall in the mountains in the winter of 1888-89 , the water in the river was un- usually low , and , as we ...
... snow . Unfortunately Mrs. Flett had been unable to stand the climate of the old country , and was quite broken down ... snowfall in the mountains in the winter of 1888-89 , the water in the river was un- usually low , and , as we ...
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Warburton Mayer Pike. suddenly , and in winter when the drifting snow in stormy weather obscures everything and makes it a difficult matter to keep the course over the ice . On this occasion we got over just in time , and , camping on ...
Warburton Mayer Pike. suddenly , and in winter when the drifting snow in stormy weather obscures everything and makes it a difficult matter to keep the course over the ice . On this occasion we got over just in time , and , camping on ...
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... snow and hail taking the place of rain and throwing the first white mantle on the hill - tops . It was evident that such a large party , crippled as we were with women and children , would never be able to reach the caribou , in the ...
... snow and hail taking the place of rain and throwing the first white mantle on the hill - tops . It was evident that such a large party , crippled as we were with women and children , would never be able to reach the caribou , in the ...
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... snow and with a film of ice over the smaller ponds . Three hundred miles in the heart of this wilderness , far beyond the line where timber ceases , lies the land of the musk - ox , to which we were about to force our way , depending ...
... snow and with a film of ice over the smaller ponds . Three hundred miles in the heart of this wilderness , far beyond the line where timber ceases , lies the land of the musk - ox , to which we were about to force our way , depending ...
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... snow rapidly thawing . The half - breeds , who are all Catholics , held a short service , as it was Sunday morn- ing and they are very particular in this respect . After- wards we all went out hunting , but only two or three ptarmigan ...
... snow rapidly thawing . The half - breeds , who are all Catholics , held a short service , as it was Sunday morn- ing and they are very particular in this respect . After- wards we all went out hunting , but only two or three ptarmigan ...
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