Arctic Journal: A Fifty-Year Adventure in Canada's North
by Brown, Bern Will

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Arctic Journal: : A Fifty-Year Adventure in Canada's North: The face of the Canadian Arctic has changed forever since Bern Will Brown left his home in Rochester, New York, at the age of 28 to find adventure as a Roman Catholic priest in the far North. Fifty years ago, “The Padre of the Logs” began to keep record of his exploits and experiences his gripping Arctic Journal is the result.

Brown's life has been filled with activity: mushing dog-teams down 70 miles of frozen river in 40-below blizzards, constructing beautiful churches and other buildings from hand-cut spruce logs, leading a native team on a 3,000 mile Centennial canoe race, helping unionize a mine, photographing the northern wastes, working as a medic, hunting herds of caribou, and painting realistic portraits of northern life. In 1971, Brown received permission from Rome to marry; that summer, he and Margret Steen, a native Northerner, were married by Bishop Paul Piche.

Here is an engrossing account of a remarkable life, and a way of life, by a born storyteller. Rich in stories, with deft descriptions of northern characters and events, Arctic Journal delineates the intersection of native life and 20th-century culture in the harshest, most challenging environment in the world.

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Weight:	0.78 kg
Price:	CDN$ 39.50 (US$ 38.44)

ISBN-10:	2895073848
ISBN-13/EAN:	9782895073840
Author:	Brown, Bern Will
Publisher:	Novalis Press Toronto, Ontario
Publication Date:	9/2003
Pages:	560 pages
Size/Dimensions:	9.04 x 6.18 x 1.58 inches
Binding:	Paperback