Captain Robert Abram Bartlett was born in Brigus, Newfoundland, in 1875. He was educated in both Brigus and at the Methodist College in St. John’s before beginning a career as a mariner, explorer, and sealing captain. Despite many notable feats, Captain Bartlett is probably best known for his journey with Captain Robert Peary to reach the North Pole and his heroic deed aboard the Karluk. Bartlett died of pneumonia on April 28, 1946, in New York City.
Books By Captain Robert A. Bartlett:
The Last Voyage of the Karluk: Shipwreck and
Rescue in the Arctic
The Log of Bob Bartlett: The True Story of Forty Years of Seafaring and Exploration
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