Breaking Trail: The Remarkable Arctic Journey of Robert Abram Bartlett
From a Newfoundland seafarer’s humble beginnings to guiding Robert Peary’s expeditions near the North Pole, discover how Bartlett’s unyielding spirit and skill carved a legendary arctic path
Imagine a Newfoundland boy with the ocean in his blood—someone meant to wear a minister’s collar but who just couldn’t turn his back on the call of the sea. That was Robert Abram Bartlett, a teenager commanding his own ship off the Labrador coast when most people his age hadn’t set foot outside their hometown.
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