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Henry Larsen's Northwest Passages

1962 27 min

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Norwegian-born Superintendent Henry Larsen of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was the first man to navigate the Northwest Passage in both directions. In this film he relates anecdotes of his voyages in the tiny schooner, the St. Roch.

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Norwegian-born Superintendent Henry Larsen of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was the first man to navigate the Northwest Passage in both directions. In this film he relates anecdotes of his voyages in the tiny schooner, the St. Roch.

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History - Canada - 1920-1945

Geography and Geology

National Security and Defence

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Credits

• producer
  David Bairstow
  
• photography
  Eugene Boyko
  
• sound
  Leo O'Donnell
  
• editing
  John Kemeny
  

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