Stefansson, Dr. Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918
Stefansson, Dr. Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918

Author: Stuart E. Jenness

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1772824186

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The first comprehensive account of one of the great sagas of Arctic exploration and discovery, the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–1918, led by the ethnologist/explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson and the zoologist Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson. There are details of the Expedition’s successes and tragedies, including the discovery of all but one large island north of the Canadian mainland, the accumulation of considerable scientific information and valuable collections, and the personal feud of the Expedition’s two leaders. Four appendices list Expedition personnel, fifty-three geographical sites in the Arctic named after them, locations of their diaries and collected specimens, and the thirteen government volumes arising from the Expedition.

Essays on the Early History of Plant Pathology and Mycology in Canada
Essays on the Early History of Plant Pathology and Mycology in Canada

Author: Ralph Howard Estey

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9780773511354

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Based on exhaustive research and interviews, this is the first referenced history of mycology and plant pathology in Canada. It will be of specific interest to plant breeders and pathologists, mycologists, entomologists, horticulturists, students of the sciences, and historians.