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In which the Royal Navy has a big problem, Sir John Barrow has a big dream, William Scoresby Jr. has a big disappointment, and Sir John Ross has the first of many big issues.
Guest stars are my cats Misha and Finn making all sorts of ruckus in the background until I get my recording space back.
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(Bibliography pending! Spotify's being really weird about formatting right this moment.)
In which I talk about the Hudson's Bay Company, say more French names incorrectly, complain about Arthur Dobbs, talk even more about the Hudson's Bay Company, and finally get to namedrop Stan Rogers.
In which I thank some people, pretend I'm professional, probably say Knud Rasmussen's name wrong (send me your Knuds!), talk about Elizabethan men going to the Arctic, and then spend a very long time telling you everything you didn't want to know about Jens Munk.
Sources:
Berton, Pierre. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909. United States: Doubleday Canada, 2012.
Delgado, James P.., Delgado, James. Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. United States: Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Limited, 2009.
Lehane, Brendan. The Northwest Passage. Netherlands: Time-Life Books, 1982.
McGoogan, Ken. Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage. United States: HarperCollins Canada, 2017.
Munk, Jens. The journal of Jens Munk, 1619-1620. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1980.
Savours, Ann. The Search for the North West Passage. United Kingdom: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
What's the Franklin Expedition? Who's the person telling me about it? What's happening? Is that a cat in the background? These questions answered in more in this amuse-bouche before the series begins!
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