Voyage de Samuel Hearne, du fort du Prince de Galles situé dans la baie de Hudson, à l'Océan nord Book

This is the journal of Robert Hood, one of the midshipmen who participated in Sir John Franklin's 1819-1922 expedition to the Coppermine River in Arctic Canada, transcribed and annotated by C. Stuart Houston. Houston also edited the journals of Franklin's other two officers from that expedition, John Richardson and George Back. Unfortunately, Hood did not survive the expedition; he was murdered by another member of the party. Hood's journal covers only their first year, and was written during their second winter based on his notes and memories. It is told in narrative form, rather than a daily account of their travels like Back's journal. There are lengthy sections about wildlife, the Indian tribes they encountered, and their scientific observations. Also included are prints of Hood's paintings, most in color, and biographical information about the expedition's other officers and men.