Death on the Barrens
A True Story of Courage and Tragedy in the Canadian Arctic
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The gripping true story of an ill-fated canoe voyage across the uninhabited Canadian barrens. In 1955 an expedition group was swept over a waterfall in the Arctic region of Northern Canada. Their most experienced person died; most of the gear and emergency food supplies were destroyed. Learn how they
… More »The gripping true story of an ill-fated canoe voyage across the uninhabited Canadian barrens. In 1955 an expedition group was swept over a waterfall in the Arctic region of Northern Canada. Their most experienced person died; most of the gear and emergency food supplies were destroyed. Learn how they made it out-- barely alive-- and of Grinnell's lifelong struggle to find meaning in the midst of tragedy and despair.
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Author:
Grinnell, George James
Title:
Death on the barrens
a true story of courage and tragedy in the Canadian Arctic
a true story of courage and tragedy in the Canadian Arctic
Publisher:
North Atlantic Books
Imprint:
Berkeley, Calif. - North Atlantic Books
Pages:
281
ISBN:
9781556438820, 1556438826
Language:
English
Awards & Distinctions:
Biography
Geography & travel
Biography
Geography & travel
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Mounties -- Embarkation -- Art Moffatt -- The first sugar dispute -- Panic -- The broken teacup -- The United Bowmen's Association -- Separate ways -- The second sugar dispute -- The ceremony of innocence is drowned -- The blood-dimmed tide is loosed -- Caribou -- Tundra time -- The widening gyre -- His hour come round at last -- I was the river -- On his own -- The garbage dump -- Blizzard -- Death on the barrens -- Our new leader -- The last farewell -- Inuit -- Flies of the lord -- The longer pilgrimage -- Gratitude
The Mounties -- Embarkation -- Art Moffatt -- The first sugar dispute -- Panic -- The broken teacup -- The United Bowmen's Association -- Separate ways -- The second sugar dispute -- The ceremony of innocence is drowned -- The blood-dimmed tide is loosed -- Caribou -- Tundra time -- The widening gyre -- His hour come round at last -- I was the river -- On his own -- The garbage dump -- Blizzard -- Death on the barrens -- Our new leader -- The last farewell -- Inuit -- Flies of the lord -- The longer pilgrimage -- Gratitude
Statement of responsibility:
George James Grinnell
Characteristics:
xiii, 281p. :,ill., maps ;,23 cm
Author (Original Script):
Grinnell, George James
Library Identifier
2135973
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Add a CommentTrue story of an adventure and tragedy that take place in Canada - all participants are American. So not really a Canadian book. That being said, the book is a poignant story about young men looking for 'adventure', all fuelled by myths about 'manliness'. The trip is clearly doomed from the start. The trip takes place in 1955, the book is written about 40 years later; the author is obviously haunted by the events of the ill-fated trip down an Artic riiver. Evocative, sad, thoughtfully written. Well worth a read.