Chronicles the hardships of arctic explorers in search of a northwest trade route to the orient Gibbs Smith publishers, based in Layton, Utah, launches a new paperback series. The initial volume of the series will be the first U.S. edition of Canadian naturalist Farley Mowat's Ordeal by Ice , volume 1 of his "Top of the World " trilogy, which chronicles the search for the Northwest Passage.-- MR Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. Used Book in Good Condition