Prentice G. Downes's Eastern Arctic Journal, 1936
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2273Keywords:
Biographies, Downes, Prentice Gilbert, 1909-1959, Nascopie (Ship), Ships, Travels, Canadian Arctic Islands, Canadian Arctic Islands waters, Churchill, Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Labrador waters, Nouveau-QuébecAbstract
This is the first of a chronological series of northern journals by a man who later did mapping that was put to use by the Dominion government and who was to write one of this century's most perceptive books about the subarctic north and wilderness canoe travel. The journal provides a detailed account of P.G. Downes's experiences during R.M.S. Nascopie's 1936 passage from Montréal to Churchill.
Key words: Nascopie, Eastern Arctic, Eskimos, William Gibson, David A. Nichols, Nicholas Polunin, geology, Churchill
