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Joseph-Elzear Bernier: Champion of Canadian Arctic Sovereignty

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Passionate and rigorously detailed, this biography of Captain Joseph-Elzear Bernier paints a compelling portrait of the hero who marked the history and geography of Canada together with his contributions to Canadian sovereignty within the Arctic. Profiling his curiosity, drive, intelligence, and passion, the book follows his swift upward push to transform a ship captain at age 17 and notes his many transatlantic records as ship helmsman. Also included are stories of traveling in harsh arctic waters and learning to live to tell the tale arctic waters and ice from the Inuits, whom he encountered and befriended. Detailing these and a lot of other events from more than 100 years ago, the tale in the end reveals how Bernier, his officers, and crew erected a plaque on Melville Island within the Northwest Passage and laid claim to all the Arctic Archipelago for Canada—the crowning achievement of a perfect Canadian.

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