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Sisters of the ice : the true story of how St. Roch and North Star of Herschel Island protected Canadian Arctic sovereignty by R. Bruce Macdonald is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sisters of the ice : the true story of how St. Roch and North Star of Herschel Island protected Canadian Arctic sovereignty about?

"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 eleg

Author

R. Bruce Macdonald

Publisher

Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781550179293