Overland to Starvation Cove: With the Inuit in Search of Franklin, 1878-1880

by Heinrich Klutschak, William Barr (Translator)

Overview

In May 1845 Sir John Franklin sailed westward from England in search of the Northwest Passage and was never seen again. Some thirty-five years later, Heinrich Klutschak of Prague, artist and surveyor on a small expedition led by Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka of the 3rd US Cavalry Regiment, stumbled upon the grisly remains at Starvation Cove of the last survivors among Franklin's men.

Overland to Starvation Cove is the first English translation of Klutschak's account. A significant contribution to Canadian exploration history, it is also an important anthropological document, providing some of the earliest reliable descriptions of the Aivilingmiut, the Utkuhikhalingmiut, and the Netsilingmiut. But above all, it is a fascinating story of arctic adventure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802073976
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication date:	07/31/1993
Series:	Heritage Series
Edition description:	11th ed.
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Heinrich W. Klutschak (1848-1890) was an Austrian artist who accompanied the American sealing schooner Flying Fish to South Georgia in 1877–78 and published a narrative of his activities with a sketch map in 1881. William Barr is professor of Geography at the University of Saskatchewan, editor and translator of A Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-1854, and Overland to Starvation Cove: With the Inuit in Search of Franklin, 1878-1880.

Editorial Reviews

'Undoubtedly one of the best of the hundreds of books which have been written about the fate of Franklin.'

—Peter Ward, Ottawa Citizen

'Always interesting, often exciting, and sometimes amusing... a delight to read.'

—W. Gillies Ross, Polar Record

'A fascinating saga.'

—J. Keith Fraser, Canadian Geographic

From the Publisher

'A fascinating saga.'

Canadian Geographic - J. Keith Fraser

'Always interesting, often exciting, and sometimes amusing ... a delight to read.'

Polar Record - W. Gillies Ross

'Undoubtedly one of the best of the hundreds of books which have been written about the fate of Franklin.'

Ottawa Citizen - Peter Ward