New Releases by Farley Mowat

Visits the little-known regions of Soviet Siberia.

One of the great storytellers of our century writes passionately of the courage of men and of a small, ocean-going salvage tug, Foundation Franklin. The captain and the crew were mostly Newfounders; the sea was in their blood. Battered by towering waves, dwarfed by the ships she towed, blasted by gale-force winds and frozen by squalls of snow and rain, the stout ship and her brave crew saved hundreds of vessels and thousands of lives as they battled their ancient enemy, the North Atlantic.

Ordeal by Iceis the thrilling account of the great Northern explorers: men who struggled, starved, and finally conquered the capricious forces of the bitter Northern winter in a centuries-long search for the Northwest Passage. The stories, compiled by award-winning author Farley Mowat and presented in gripping, firsthand narratives, capture both the stark drama of the struggle for survival and the breathtaking panorama of virgin Arctic lands.

Describes the efforts of explorers to reach the North Pole, and shares the firsthand accounts of those who braved the Arctic elements

Mainly period 960-1010. New approach at variance with earlier theories.

The Spences have been sailing out of Newfoundland for 300 years, in ships named the "Black Joke." In the 1930''s there is no market for cod, and without cargo to sell, Jonathan Spence could lose his ship. Trading in bootleg liquor will pay off, but sailing with that cargo leads to danger which nearly destroys the Black Joke, and leaves two boys cast away on a rock island.

The story of the salvage tug, Foundation Franklin.

Letter concerned with publicity on the plight of the Canadian Eskimos and with efforts, formal and informal to help them. Hope to take advantage of publicity stirred up by Mowat''s book, People of the deer.