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The Northwest Passage
Steve K. Started conversation Apr 26, 2005
A while back I read the book "Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage" by James Delgado.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0756767091/qid=1114527880/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-5250044-4620838?v=glance&s=books
I recall the RCMP played several roles, from rescuing various doomed bands of explorers to using one of their own ships to tranverse the passage (as I recall with an Eskimo family camped on deck for part of the trip). Going from memory, we are remodelling so the books are in boxes, but its quite a story, well worth the sale price at Barnes & Noble. 
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