{"product_id":"b006lq2bu4","title":"Arctic Explorers: In Search of the Northwest Passage (Amazing Stories)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is no saga in Canadian history as full of hardship, catastrophe and mystery as the search for the Northwest Passage. Since the 15th century, the ice-choked Arctic waterway has been sought and travelled by daring men seeking profit, glory or a chance to test themselves against the merciless North. Frances Hern takes us aboard ships with the explorers whose names are memorialized on modern maps of northern Canada: Martin Frobisher, daring privateer in the service of Elizabeth I; Henry Hudson, a navigator who may have driven his crew to mutiny; John Franklin, whose last voyage became an enduring northern mystery; the talented Orkneyman John Rae, a surgeon and surveyor on the trail of Franklin. Also vividly recounted are the gruelling overland treks of Samuel Hearne; the heroic exploits of Roald Amundsen, leader of the first expedition to traverse the passage; and the incredible voyages of Henry Larsen, captain of the RCMP vessel  St. Roch .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52821242642648,"sku":"YSL39007","price":4.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/51aP1dPEMuL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793103376","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b006lq2bu4","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}