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Article: Across the top of the world: the quest for the Northwest Passage.
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- Arctic
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WORLD: THE QUEST FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. By JAMES P. DELGADO. Vancouver and Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999. ISBN 0-55054-734-8. 228 p., maps, b&w and colour illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. Cdn$45.00.
One might think that, in terms of reader interest and finding new material to present, the topic of the search for the Northwest Passage had been exhausted. Delgado's Across the Top of the World proves otherwise.
Chapter 1 provides the setting, with an excellent blend of the natural and cultural elements that make up the Arctic world. The author presents the various Inuit peoples encountered by the first Western explorers ...