Dauntless St. Roch

SUBTITLED : ` The Mounties Arctic Schooner '. The St. Roch was originally built to service 4 RCMP detaschments along Canada's Arctic coastline, The year she launched: 1928. Previous to that they had relied on charterd supply ships. Read more about : Gjoa Haven, Constable Fred Farrar, Commissioner Wood, Constable Henry Asbjorn Larsen, Canadian Polar Expedition, Panipakoocho family, Burrard Inlet, and ironbark planks. The move to preserve the St. Roch began in 1958 when she was brought ashore. These 53 pages - INDEX at back - tell her story. Book opens with 2 b/w maps of the ship's reach. Vancouver Maritime Museum brochure laid in. Text assisted by b/w photographs. Cond : Paper wrapper is light blue with black lettering. Front cover painting courtesy of Canada Parks Service. Volume is tight, bright, square and clean. No names nor marks. Excellent martime reference copy. Minimal wear. Quote (p. 24) : " The greatest source of danger faced by St. Roch was the ice. Thick, always moving and inexorable in its massive force, the ice made sounds that reminded crew member Bill White of ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.