{"product_id":"overland-to-starvation-cove-with-the-inuit-in-search-of-franklin-1878-1880-paperback","title":"Overland to Starvation Cove: With the Inuit in Search of Franklin, 1878-1880 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeinrich Klutschak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Barr\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOverland to Starvation Cove\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeinrich W. Klutschak\u003c\/b\u003e (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. \u003cb\u003eWilliam Barr\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Geography at the University of Saskatchewan, editor and translator of \u003cem\u003eA Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-1854\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOverland to Starvation Cove: With the Inuit in Search of Franklin, 1878-1880\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53525753889075,"sku":"9780802073976","price":83.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/oNGPE-g7e9780802073976.webp?v=1783106123","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/overland-to-starvation-cove-with-the-inuit-in-search-of-franklin-1878-1880-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}