Empire Of Ice And Stone: Voyage Of The Karluk pennant Dedicated ranger's wives prepared meals

Dedicated ranger's wives prepared meals with limited resources as they accompanied their husbands in the field

Facing horrific winds

and mud flats fill with feeding shorebirds migrating for the winter

Made by Iceworm Studio Botanical Art in Fairbanks

make a lovely accompaniment to cocktails and snacks

Empire Of Ice And Stone: Voyage Of The Karluk pennant Dedicated ranger's wives prepared mealsThis book recounts the harrowing 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who shaped it. In 1913, Captain Bob Bartlett, the worlds greatest ice navigator, led the expedition aboard the Karluk. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a flamboyant impresario, was the visionary leader. Six weeks after departure, the Karluk became icebound. Stefansson left with five companions on a caribou hunting trip, never to return. Twenty two men and an Inuit woman with two