House Calls by Dogsled: Six Years in an Arctic Medical Outpost

by Keith Billington

Book Overview

"People go north for a variety of reasons, some stay for a lifetime, while others can't wait to leave at the end of whatever term they have signed on for. The north tends to be either loved or hated with equal passion." These are the words of Keith Billington, who with his wife Muriel, arrived in the Northwest Territories outpost of Fort McPherson, 1,700 miles north of Edmonton, in mid-September 1964. They were among those who loved the North and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550174231
• ISBN13: 9781550174236
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Lost Moose Publishing
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Set in the harsh land of the Yukon, where the entire region is frozen solid most of the year

The harsh land of the Yukon, where the entire region is frozen solid most of the year - that's where one Keith Billington went to ply his trade as a medical professional. "House Calls By Dogsled: Six years in an Arctic Medical Outpost" is his tale of his ordeal in the frosty snowfields of the Yukon. They often had to do the title procedure, all to save the lives of the region where travel is not something so easily done. An inspiring memoir and interesting look at both arctic living and the courage of a man, "House Calls By Dogsled: Six Years In an Arctic Medical Outpost" is highly recommended for community library memoir collections.