A Canoeing Tragedy in Canada's North - Jacobs, Allan Edward
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Arthur Moffatt died of hypothermia in the afternoon of 14 September 1955, after his canoe capsized in rapids on the Dubawnt River in what is now Nunavut. Accusations of him began in 1959 and continued to 2014. The result was that much of the paddling community, and likely also members of the general public, became convinced that he died due to his incompetence. The book presents extensive evidence expressed by the fellow paddlers on this trip, and other critical sources from journals, manuscripts, and archives in order to refute the claim that Moffat was incompetent and to prove that this was a paddling accident.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Arthur Moffatt died of hypothermia in the afternoon of 14 September 1955, after his canoe capsized in rapids on the Dubawnt River in what is now Nunavut. Accusations of him began in 1959 and continued to 2014. The result was that much of the paddling community, and likely also members of the general public, became convinced that he died due to his incompetence. The book presents extensive evidence expressed by the fellow paddlers on this trip, and other critical sources from journals, manuscripts, and archives in order to refute the claim that Moffat was incompetent and to prove that this was a paddling accident.
Autorenporträt
The author of this book is Professor Emeritus from University of Toronto, Physics department. Professor Jacobs worked with Nobel Prize winners at the University of Illinois in the USA. He also worked with prominent physics professors in several countries in the world. Professor Jacobs personally paddled in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and the three territories, Northwest, Nunavut, and Yukon, so he had intimate knowledge of the conditions encountered by the Moffat team. The author also mapped hundreds of canoe routes in Canada and the USA.