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Daybreak Alberta | Dec 15, 2012 | 13:19

Daybreak Christmas Book Show - Stephen R. Bown

The historian takes a detailed look at the under-appreciated exploits of the Norwegian-American explorer who conquered the Northwest Passage and discovered the South Pole.

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