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Report on the dominion government expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune 1903-1904

Title
Report on the dominion government expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune 1903-1904 / by A.P. Low.
Author
Low, A. P. (Albert Peter), 1861-1942.
Publication
Ottawa : Govt. Print. Bureau, 1906.

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Additional Authors
Canada. Department of Marine and Fisheries.
Description
xvii, 355 p., [51] leaves of plates : ill., ports.; 24 cm
Subjects
Note
  • Running title: Cruise of the Neptune.
  • Submitted to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries of Canada.
  • Scientific staff: A.P. Low, commander and geologist ; L.E. Borden, surgeon and botanist ; G.B. Faribault, assistant surgeon ; A. Halkett, naturalist ; C.F. King, topographer and meteorologist ; G.F. Caldwell, photographer.
  • Rare Book copy: From the library of Bassett Jones, with his "Libris Polaris" bookplate.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 337-342.
Contents
Voyage to the bay -- Winter quarters at Fullerton -- Summer cruise of the Neptune -- Historical summary -- Arctic islands -- Eskimos -- Geology -- Whaling -- Navigation of Hudson Bay -- Appendices: Meteorological observations. List of birds and eggs collected. List of plants collected. Notes on the fossils collected. List of the principal works and papers consulted in the preparation of the Report. Notes on the physical condition of the Eskimos.
LCCN
07005706
OCLC
ocm17284367
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries