The Ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat: Travels on the Athabasca, Mackenzie, Rat, Porcupine, and Yukon Rivers in 1926 - Vyvyan, Clara

Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; In 1961, Clara, now Lady Vyvyan, published Arctic Adventure, the story of their trip. She records their encounters with mounties, Inuit, Dené, traders, trappers, and missionaries as the women travel over the Divide in search of the Klondike gold rush and the North of Robert Service. This edition adds 59 b&w photographs of the early North, plus colour reproductions of 12 watercolour sketches Gwendolen Dorrien Smith made as the women travelled. Their field diaries and their many letters home sometimes suggest that the women knew they carried with them the norms of the British Empire. These writings offer a new understanding of women's early efforts to shape a voice and sensibility by which to record and inscribe the northern wilderness. 
Fine
Soft cover
University of Alberta Press
1998
Edmonton, AB