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Ernest Thompson Seton: The Arctic Prairies and Academy for the Love of Learning Expedition to Aylmer Lake
Ernest Thompson Seton and the Search for Canada’s Lost Great Lake, The Aylmer Lake/Arctic Prairies Expeditions 1907/2015 An Exhibition and Book Project of the Academy for the Love of Learning In 1907 forty-six year old artist, naturalist, and co-creator of the...
Alectoria minuscula, The Black Lichen of Baffin Island
(Seton unfortunately never explored Baffin Island, but reading The Arctic Prairies inspired my interest in the far north, so in lieu of a Seton account, I offer my own.) ONE of the goals of Seton’s 1907 Arctic trip was to find and study Musk-ox (Ovibos moschatus), the...
The Ice Caves of Baffin Island
(Seton unfortunately never explored Baffin Island, but reading The Arctic Prairies inspired my interest in the far north, so in lieu of a Seton account, I offer my own.) The eastern Arctic Inuit town of Pond Inlet, on Baffin Island, in the Canadian territory of...
Aylmer Lake and The Arctic Prairies
In 1907, after a life that had already included many great adventures, Seton embarked on one of his most important. At age 47 he made a five and one-half month canoe trip on rivers in Canada’s western Arctic. Accompanied by biologist Edward A. Preble, they began on...
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