The Arctic Prairies; A Canoe-journey of 2,000 miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the account of a voyage to the region north of Aylmer Lake
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1911. Very Good. First Edition. [8.75 x 6in]; xvi, 415 pp., frontispiece and 54 plates of images, numerous images and illustrations in text throughout including maps and charts, appendices and index; Original dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, blind stamp of antlers on front, top edge with dark green ink stain, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear to edges and surfaces, minor rubbing to covers and corners, small dent to front bottom edge, spine slightly darken, faint offset shadow on front end paper, no dust jacket as issued. [Arctic Bibliography 15779, Cooke Canada p. 496] CS. Item #14189
Ernest Seton (1860-1946) was a naturalist/conservationist and artist that wrote many books on nature and native culture. He was also a founder of the Boy Scouts of America with Lord Baden-Powell. This book is an account of a trip with E. A. Preble of the U.S. Biological Survey in May of 1907, down the Athabaska and Slave Rivers, by Great Slave Lake northeast to the Aylmer and Clinton-Colden Lakes region of the Barren Grounds. This is a fine narration of the Arctic region conditions in the early 20th century. The appendices in this edition details the insects, plants, mammals, and birds found on their six month canoe journey.
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