Finding John Rae

Description:

An account of the life of Scottish surgeon John Rae, who on one of his expeditions to the Arctic found a link to the Northwest Passage and learned the fate of the Franklin Expedition from Inuit hunters, the details of which were dismissed by others.

subjects: Hudson's bay company,  Inuit, canada,  Canada, social life and customs,  Surgeons, biography,  Scotland, biography,  Arctic regions, discovery and exploration,  Northwest passage,  Travel,  Biography,  Discovery and exploration,  British,  Inuit,  Social life and customs,  Surgeons,  John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007116786 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|no2007116786