A Heroine of the North

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Excerpt from A Heroine of the North: Memoirs of Charlotte Selina Bompas (1839-1917), Wife of the First Bishop of Selkirk (Yukon), With Extracts From Her Journal and LettersI have often been asked how people coming from tropical climes could bear the rigours of extreme Arctic weather. It is really remarkable how human beings can accommodate themselves to various surroundings as they wander over the face of the earth. I have known men who came direct from the South Sea Islands and lived through the winter on board whale ships at Herschel Island, who appeared to be just as much at home at forty or fifty degrees below zero as others who were accustomed to an Arctic climate all their lifetime.This adaptability is also true of what we might call intellectual surroundings. Fifty-four years ago, when Mrs. Bompas first went with her husband from England to north-west Canada, comparatively little was known, either in North America or England, re garding the remote Northern regions. Few people realise even to-day the privations and loneliness Mrs. Bompas endured. Brought up and educated under refined surroundings in England and Italy, this woman of God was willing to spend, and be spent, in the Master's service, in isolated regions, among primitive and degraded Indians.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.