At Home in the Cold

How exploration propelled women’s travels between the Arctic and the United States, and how they found home along the way.

At Home in the Cold brings to light the stories of five white and northern Indigenous women who travelled between the eastern Arctic and America between 1890 and 1940 in connection with exploratory expeditions. Their journeys and recollections challenged prevailing ideas about home, the North, and the rightful place of women.

Katherine Crooks is a postdoctoral research fellow in northern history at Mount Saint Vincent University.

Katherine Crooks is a postdoctoral research fellow in northern history at Mount Saint Vincent University.

"Katherine Crooks sheds new light on histories of exploration and gender in North America in this exciting and thought-provoking volume." Karen Routledge, Parks Canada