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Snowshoes and stethoscopes : a tale of medicine and flying in the Canadian far north  Cover Image Book Book

Snowshoes and stethoscopes : a tale of medicine and flying in the Canadian far north / by John Dale.

Dale, John, 1943- (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780968226001 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 0968226000 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: 158 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Nelson, BC : Daedalus Pub., 1997.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Prologue: One busy day in the Arctic -- Ireland -- Vancouver Hospital and a flying license -- Flying doc or medical pilot : Burns Lake, Northern British Columbia -- Rosie's family -- Flying to Alaska -- The Arctic beckons -- Cambridge Bay, N.W.T. : living and working in the Arctic -- The Inuit -- Arctic medicine, flying and a snowmobile trip -- Unusual medical problems in the North -- Infanticide : immoral or necessity? -- Medevacs and arctic flying -- Isolation -- Explorers, anthropologists and priests -- Cambridge Bay to Cambridge University -- Nanisivik, Baffin Island -- Return to the arctic -- Tuktoyaktuk.
Subject: Dale, John, 1943-
Medicine, Rural > Practice > Canada, Northern.
Physicians > Canada > Biography.
Bush flying > Canada, Northern.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Granisle Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Granisle Public Library 610.92 DAL (Text) 35190000057289 Adult Non Fiction Hardcover Volume hold Available -


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