Big Wolf - The Adventurous Life of Lieutenant Frederick G. Schwatka : American History Press : 9781939995421 : 1939995426 : 20 Feb 2023 : Lieutenant Frederick G. Schwatka lived a short, but adventurous life filled with notable exploits largely forgotten today. He is best remembered, to the extent remembered at all, as leading an historic Arctic sledge journey while searching for the written records of the ill-fated expedition commanded by the British explorer Sir John Franklin. Schwatka accomplished one of the nineteenth century's most outstanding feats of northern travel by virtue of an open-minded willingness to place his personal trust and reliance in his Inuit companions, who proved instrumental to that success. But Schwatka's eventful life embodied far more than one noteworthy trek to the Far North. His was a remarkable career that merits wider recognition. The proud son of hardy Oregon pioneers, motivated by a spirit of Manifest Destiny, Frederick Schwatka was an enthusiastic par