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John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae's accomplishments is much greater. Over five expeditions, Rae mapped some 1,550 miles (2,494 kilometres) of Arctic coastline; he is undoubtedly one of the Arctic's greatest explorers, yet today his significance is all but lost. John Rae, Arctic Explorer is an annotated version of Rae's unfinished autobiography. William Barr has extended Rae's previously unpublished manuscript and completed his story based on Rae's reports and correspondence—including reaction to his revelations about the Franklin Expedition. Barr's meticulously researched, long overdue presentation of Rae's life and legacy is an immensely valuable addition to the literature of Arctic exploration.
Contents
1 ORKNEY CHILDHOOD
2 VOYAGE TO HUDSON BAY AND WINTER ON CHARLTON ISLAND
3 MOOSE FACTORY: LIFE, PEOPLE, HUNTING, SHOOTING, AND TRAPPING
4 MOOSE FACTORY-FORT GARRY-TORONTO-YORK FACTORY
5 1846-1847 ARCTIC EXPEDITION
6 SEARCHING FOR FRANKLIN WITH SIR JOHN RICHARDSON, 1848
7 WINTER AT FORT CONFIDENCE, 1848 -1849
8 BOURGEOIS AT FORT SIMPSON
9 NORTH AGAIN—AND ANOTHER WINTER AT FORT CONFIDENCE
10 SLEDGE EXPEDITION TO VICTORIA I SLAND, SPRING 1851
1 1 BOAT EXPEDITION, SUMMER 1851
12 FROM FORT CHIPEWYAN TO FORT GARRY TO ENGLAND
13 BACK TO THE ARCTIC, 1853 : FROM ENGLAND TO CHURCHILL
14 FROM CHURCHILL TO REPULSE BAY
15 A SECOND WINTER AT REPULSE BAY, 1853-1854
16 NORTH AGAIN—TO CLOSE THE LAST GAP
17 THE SECOND HALF OF HIS LIFE
