This book is a biography of two British Columbian ships that performed legendary service in the Canadian Arctic. The St. Roch, now on permanent display at the Vancouver Maritime Museum, is the better known of the two, although North Star of Herschel Island is still sailing and still adding to her legend. Historian Bruce Macdonald, who along with his wife, owns North Star of Herschel Island has meticulously researched the origins and service logs of each ship and created a book that will enthrall old Arctic hands, maritime history buffs and anyone who appreciates well-written Canadian history.
Under the command of Captain Henry Larsen, the sturdy RCMP vessel St. Roch spent years showing the Canadian flag in the Arctic, performing many duties including delivering medical supplies and taking census information in addition to enforcing the law in the North. St. Roch is world renowned for achieving many firsts, including being the first vessel through the Northwest Passage west to east, the first vessel to navigate the passage in both directions and the first vessel to circumnavigate North America. Inspired by St. Roch, renowned trapper and Inuit leader Fred Carpenter designed the elegant North Star, the ultimate ice vessel used to transport furs and people to and from remote Banks Island. Together, the two iconic ships have helped to solidify Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic and have become symbols of unity among Northern communities.
In Sisters of the Ice, Macdonald documents in vivid detail the adventurous histories of these two vessels, as well as the history of the Northern communities in which they gained renown. Detailing daring escapes from dangerous ice conditions to thrilling sea voyages to raucous whaling towns, Macdonald reveals the perilous and often lawless climate in which these vessels operated and the ties of Canadian identity that they helped forge.
Автор: Ball Robert Stawell Название: John Herschel: Great Astronomers ISBN: 1988357640 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781988357645 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 9190.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Herschel Mrs John Название: Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel ISBN: 1539431525 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781539431527 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 28730.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Originally published in 1879. MEMOIR AND CORRESPONDENCE OF CAROLINE HERSCHEL contains the letters and diaries of the celebrated astronomer Caroline Herschel (1750-1848), edited by her niece, Mary Herschel. Caroline was born in Hanover to a musician father and an illiterate mother who did not want her daughter to be educated. However Caroline's brother William, an organist employed in Bath, persuaded their mother to allow Caroline to join him there. She left for England in 1772 to live with William, to whom she remained devoted all of her life. In Bath, William turned towards telescope-making and astronomy, to such effect that in 1781 he discovered the planet Uranus. He was appointed 'the King's astronomer' in 1782, and Caroline, trained by William, continued to work at his side as a scientist in her own right. Between them, they discovered eight comets and raised the number of recorded nebulae from a hundred to 2500. -- Cambridge University Press
Автор: Winterburn, Emily Название: Quiet revolution of caroline herschel ISBN: 0750980672 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780750980678 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 21120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A new biography of one of the most influential female scientists looking at the ten `lost` years of Caroline`s life, when virtually no records of her own are still in existence.
Автор: Hobbs Herschel H. Название: New Testament Evangelism: The Eternal Purpose ISBN: 1258311976 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258311971 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 31820.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Taylor James Herschel Название: America`s Chessboard ISBN: 0989095762 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780989095761 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18360.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Evans David S., Deeming Terence J., Evans Betty Hall Название: Herschel at the Cape: Diaries and Correspondence of Sir John Herschel, 1834-1838 ISBN: 0292720084 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780292720084 Издательство: Marston Book Services Цена: 44880.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The diaries of a major astronomer during the 1830s.
Автор: Prins Herschel Название: Psychopaths ISBN: 1904380921 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781904380924 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 36330.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: What is a psychopath? How can we tell? Are psychopaths always a risk to the public? How safe are we from criminal psychopaths? This basic guide looks at the history and development of psychopathy.
Автор: Logan Herschel C. Название: Buckskin And Satin: The Life Of Texas Jack, J. B. Omohundro ISBN: 1258016877 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258016876 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 52660.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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