Cruising the Gulags
- ISBN-10
- 0964573202
- ISBN-13
- 9780964573208
- Category
- Rivers
- Pages
- 189
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Sabra Publishing
- Author
- Michael L. Frankel
Description
The North Cape was named by the British explorer , Richard Chancellor , who was looking for a new eastern route ... They had come by car to this famous overlook , and I'm sure must have been interested to see a Dutch boat sailing by .
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