The Arctic Grail; The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909 by Berton, Pierre

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart [0-7710-1266-7] 1988. (Hardcover) 672pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, maps, illustrations, chronology, bibliography, index. A previous owner's inscription in pencil on the half-title page and the dust jacket spine is lightly faded. "Here, for the first time in a single volume, is the full and detailed saga of the nineteenth-century quest for two of the world's great geographical prizes. Despite the savage cold, the snow and winter darkness, and most of all the relentless ice, scores of expeditions left home ports to seek the elusive Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific while others sought the North Pole". Book about Northwest Passage. Time Period 1818-1909. Locale: Arctic; North Pole; North West Passage. (Travel and Adventure, Diaries, Explorers, Voyages and Travels).