Download or read book Schwatka's Last Search written by Frederick Schwatka and published by Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schwatka, a seasoned explorer and army veteran, was ill, overweight, and in need of money when he undertook this journey through unmapped regions of subarctic Alaska and Canada. His diary of the expedition was written for the popular press, and he sought to make it popular indeed, with heightened tales of adventure and exotic Natives to color the account.