Low, A.P: REPORT ON THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION TO HUDSON BAY AND THE ARCTIC ISLANDS ON BOARD THE D.G.S. NEPTUNE 1903-1904 : The Cruise of the Neptune. , Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906.

1st Edition: xviii, 355pp, illustrated, b/w photogrpahs, diagrams, 1 large coloured folding geological map in pocket. Brown cloth covers with gilt titling and ship device to front cover, gilt titling to spine."Narrative (with supplemental information from previous reports) of expedition sent to patrol the waters, and to aid in establishing permanent government stations on shores.Voyage to the Bay.Winter quarters at Fullerton. Summer cruise of the Neptune in 1904 (Hudson Strait, east side of Davis Strait and Baffin Bay to Smith Sound, return by Lancaster Sound, excursion to Beechey Island and west side Baffin Bay and Davis Strait." - AB 2717. Much on Eskimos, geology, whaling, flora and fauna. "An account of the voyage that established Canada's ownership of Ellesmere and Southampton islands, with much on Eskimo life. Low, a civil servant with a gift for writing, offers a strong text on earlier explorations." - Whale, Hudson's Bay to Haro Strait 851. Covers stained, worn,back pocket splitting and binding loosening, eps split at hinge, half title stained, frontispiece creased, main text in good condition, some pages grubby. Fair. (Book ref. 2421)  £45.00

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