Sails Over Ice by Captain Robert A. Bartlett

by Robert Abram Bartlett

Sails Over Ice picks up where The Log of Bob Bartlett left off. Between the years 1925–1933, Captain Bob Bartlett and the Morrissey explored coastal Greenland and much of Northern Canada, harvesting scientific specimens and Inuit artifacts for North American societies and museums and collecting Arctic mammals for zoos. This world-famous captain from Newfoundland never lost a single soul on either of these trips. Most believe that Bartlett’s contribution to exploration and natural science is without equal.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1934

About the author

American explorer Robert Abram Bartlett, known as "Captain Bob," accompanied polar expedition of 1909 of Robert Edwin Peary and led numerous other Arctic voyages.

He explored in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...

Reviews

[Ian Durham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slightly anachronistic in spots and the writing is terse (though the forward warns of that), but it's a treasure trove of information about the Arctic and is simply fun to read!

[Keith Collins]

Exciting read for adventure enthusiasts.

[Jerry Cranford · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Prose that is crisp, muscular yet humorous. . . . Bartlett was a good writer and he is at his most eloquent when describing a life under sail." -- Atlantic Books Today

"A lively collection of yarns from a great story-teller." -- The Northern Mariner