The Bear and the Northland

Arthur G. Sharp is a Sun City Center, Florida, based writer/editor whose publications include 21 books and more than 2,500 articles on a variety of topics.

Table of Contents


Preface

Introduction—The Bear and the Northland: The “911s” of the North

 1—Semper Paratus, Bert Rankin

 2—Captain, My Captain

 3—Reindeer Rustlers

 4—Do Bears Have Tales?

 5—The Bizarre ­Court-Martial of Captain Healey

 6—The Bear May Have Been a Ship,

but There Was Railroading Afloat

 7—Impeach Hamlin and Convict Healey

 8—The Fallout Hurts More than Healey

 9—Ellsworth P. Bertholf, the Santa Claus of the Coast Guard

10—A Unique Partnership

11—Providing Provisions

12—Relief at Point Barrow

13—1900—A Year of Death, Disease, and Devotion

14—The Bear Takes a Hawaiian Vacation

15—The Bear Rides the Waves to Bust a Crime Wave

16—The Only Ship the Bering Patrol Lost

17—Judge Not, Lest Ye Be “Thurbered”

18—A Lieutenant Makes a Major Discovery

19—Healey and His Counterparts Share a Conundrum

20—Sailing on the “Inconsistent Sea”

21—Five Killed, a Dozen Captured

22—A Seemingly Hopeless Task

23—The Bear and the Karluk

24—The Bear and the Explorers

25—The Bear Goes into Hibernation

26—The Great Walrus Hunt

27—Routine, but Challenging

28—Sailing Toward War

29—World War II’s Weirdest Battle

Epilogue: The Bear Goes to the Bottom; the Northland Ends Life on the Scrap Heap

Appendix A—Technical Specifications/Features (the Northland)

Appendix B—How The Call Has Outfitted the Bear

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index