Empire Of Ice And Stone: Voyage Of The Karluk pennant and an on-the-ground recounting of

and an on-the-ground recounting of the conservation battle to create the country's largest national park

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Empire Of Ice And Stone: Voyage Of The Karluk pennant and an on-the-ground recounting ofThis book recounts the harrowing 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who shaped it. In 1913, Captain Bob Bartlett, the worlds greatest ice navigator, led the expedition aboard the Karluk. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a flamboyant impresario, was the visionary leader. Six weeks after departure, the Karluk became icebound. Stefansson left with five companions on a caribou hunting trip, never to return. Twenty two men and an Inuit woman with two