I capped off my summer in Newfoundland with a quick trip to Brigus. I've been wanting to go there ever since I read this fantastic book by Jennifer Niven - the title refers to Captain Bob Bartlett, a native son of Brigus, and rescuer of the shipwrecked crew of the 1913 Karluk expedition.
His Brigus family home is now a National Historic Site - and a very cozy historic site it is. I can imagine how nice it would have been to come back to it after a couple of years trapped in the Arctic ice.
(I also read this great book by Michael Winter - a fictional historical novel set in Brigus in which Captain Bartlett features as a main character...I got a little bit fixated I guess.)
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| A corner of The 'Artic' Room. |
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| Frank, the National Historic Pug-in-a-Boat. |
In other news, school's back in this week. Some interesting things will come out of this year - many more posts on that in the next little while.
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