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Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay

Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay

by A. P. Low

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Author
Low, A. P. (Albert Peter), 1861-1942
Title
Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune, 1903-1904
Credits
Mark Akrigg, Iona Vaughan, Alex White & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team
Language
English
LoC Class
F1001: North America local history: Canada
Subject
Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.) -- Description and travel
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 55479
Release Date
September 3, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — SHIP’S COMPANY. — CHAPTER I. VOYAGE TO THE BAY
  2. 2.PRELIMINARIES TO AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE VOYAGE.
  3. 3.THE CRUISE TO WINTER QUARTERS IN HUDSON BAY.
  4. 4.PORT BURWELL TO CUMBERLAND GULF.
  5. 5.HUDSON STRAIT.
  6. 6.HUDSON BAY. — CHAPTER II. WINTER QUARTERS AT FULLERTON.
  7. 7.SPRING EXPLORATIONS.
  8. 8.WHALEBOAT TRIP TO SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND. — CHAPTER III. SUMMER CRUISE OF THE NEPTUNE IN 1904.
  9. 9.HUDSON BAY.
  10. 10.HUDSON STRAIT.
  11. 11.VOYAGE TO THE ARCTIC ISLANDS.
  12. 12.SMITH SOUND.
  13. 13.LANCASTER SOUND.
  14. 14.PONDS INLET.
  15. 15.VOYAGE SOUTHWARD FROM PONDS INLET.
  16. 16.PORT BURWELL TO FULLERTON AND BACK. — CHAPTER IV. AN HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF THE DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS IN ARCTIC AMERICA. — CHAPTER V. THE ARCTIC ISLANDS.
  17. 17.ISLANDS OF GROUP I.
  18. 18.ISLANDS OF GROUP II.
  19. 19.ISLANDS OF GROUP III.
  20. 20.ISLANDS OF GROUP IV. — CHAPTER VI. ESKIMOS.
  21. 21.DISTRIBUTION AND NUMBERS OF THE CENTRAL ESKIMOS.
  22. 22.THE CENTRAL ESKIMOS.
  23. 23.ANNUAL ROUTINE. — CHAPTER VII. ESKIMOS (CONTINUED).
  24. 24.SUPERSTITIONS AND BELIEFS.
  25. 25.TABOOS.
  26. 26.ANGEKOK.
  27. 27.AMUSEMENTS.
  28. 28.GARMENTS.
  29. 29.MORAL CHARACTERISTICS. — CHAPTER VIII. GEOLOGY.
  30. 30.DETAILS OF THE GEOLOGY BY ISLAND GROUPS.
  31. 31.ARCHÆAN.
  32. 32.GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHWEST SHORES OF HUDSON BAY.
  33. 33.GEOLOGY OF ISLAND GROUP II.
  34. 34.ISLANDS OF GROUP III.
  35. 35.ISLANDS OF GROUP IV. — CHAPTER IX. SILURIAN. — Islands of Group I. — West Coast of Hudson Bay. — Islands of Group II. — Islands of Group III. — Islands of Group IV.
  36. 36.DEVONIAN.
  37. 37.CARBONIFEROUS.
  38. 38.MESOZOIC.
  39. 39.TERTIARY.
  40. 40.POST TERTIARY.
  41. 41.MARINE TERRACES.
  42. 42.ECONOMIC MINERALS. — CHAPTER X. WHALING.
  43. 43.PORPOISES.
  44. 44.SEALS. — CHAPTER XI. NAVIGATION OF HUDSON BAY. — APPENDICES
  45. 45.APPENDIX I.
  46. 46.APPENDIX II.
  47. 47.APPENDIX III.
  48. 48.APPENDIX IV. — BEECHEY ISLAND, LANCASTER SOUND. — Boreaster. Gen. nov. — Boreaster lowi. Sp. nov. — Favosites gothlandica , Lamarck.
  49. 49.SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND, HUDSON BAY. — Streptelasma robustum , Whiteaves. — Favosites gothlandica , Lamarck. — Syringopora verticillata , Goldfuss. — Halysites catenularia , L. — Plasmopora follis , M.-E. and H. — Pycnostylus elegans , Whiteaves.
  50. 50.CAPE CHIDLEY, HUDSON STRAIT. — Labyrinthites. Gen. nov. — Labyrinthites chidlensis. Sp. nov.
  51. 51.APPENDIX V.
  52. 52.APPENDIX VI.
  53. 53.INDEX — TRANSCRIBER NOTES

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