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North-West passage / Willy de Roos, translated from the French by Bruce Penman, foreword by G.S. Ritchie.

By: Roos, Willy de [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Hollis & Carter, 1980Copyright date: ©1979Description: 208 pages, 8 pages of plates : maps, facsims ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 037030263X (hardback).Uniform titles: Passage du nord-ouest. English Subject(s): Williwaw (Boat) | Northwest PassageDDC classification: 910.45
Contents:
Vocation -- Preparations -- Circumnavigation and self-discovery -- A difficult departure -- Companionship in the solitude of the North Atlantic -- The approach to Greenland -- Some technical information --Davis Strait:a first encounter with the ice -- At edgesminde --The J.E. Bernier II and the arrival of Jean-Louis -- Upernavik and Kraulshavn -- In the embrace of the ice queen -- More difficulties in the pack ice -- Across Bafin Bay -- Lancaster sound -- Administrative interlude -- Unhappy and happy landings -- Further progress -- Stopped by the pack ice -- Ross Strait and Gjoa haven -- The crossing of Queen Maud Gulf:alone in the pack -- From Pearce Point to the Beaufort Sea:saved by a storm -- Water in the fuel! -- The ice tightens its grip;I almost lose mine.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store 910.45 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00027228
General lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 910.45 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213197
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Vocation -- Preparations -- Circumnavigation and self-discovery -- A difficult departure -- Companionship in the solitude of the North Atlantic -- The approach to Greenland -- Some technical information --Davis Strait:a first encounter with the ice -- At edgesminde --The J.E. Bernier II and the arrival of Jean-Louis -- Upernavik and Kraulshavn -- In the embrace of the ice queen -- More difficulties in the pack ice -- Across Bafin Bay -- Lancaster sound -- Administrative interlude -- Unhappy and happy landings -- Further progress -- Stopped by the pack ice -- Ross Strait and Gjoa haven -- The crossing of Queen Maud Gulf:alone in the pack -- From Pearce Point to the Beaufort Sea:saved by a storm -- Water in the fuel! -- The ice tightens its grip;I almost lose mine.

Translation of: Le passage du nord-ouest.