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Reference 3378 (1678) Category Arctic; Author Sgt. F. S. Farrar (edited by Barrett Bonnezen) Title ARCTIC ASSIGNMENT, THE STORY OF THE ST. ROCH [SAILING AROUND THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE] Publishing Information Toronto, Macmillan, 1967 Description 1st Edition: Assosciation copy, 180 pages, illustrated by Vernon Mould, endpaper maps. Ex Libris, discarded stamp to front end paper, poor removal of library bookplate to half title resulting in tear to page. Lovely inscription dated September 1977 reads "Mac - one more expedition that left me behind .....L " Story of the R.C.M.P. vessel St. Roch and her epic voyages through the Northwest Passage from the east coast of Canada to the west coast. A volume in the 'Great Stories of Canada' series Number 8. (William Laird McKinlay, one of the scientific staff of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18 who died at Glasgow in 1983) Price £20.00 Keywords ISBN Add this to your basket