Samuel Hearne - An English explorer ahead of his time

Samuel Hearne made history by being the first European to walk from Hudson Bay to the Arctic Ocean, unlike his contemporaries Hearne soon realised that the best way to succeed was to do what the locals do.

Today there are few if any places in the world that haven't been explored which doesn't necessary make our feats less outstanding but it's easier to copy the pioneers and fortunately Samuel Hearne wrote in great detail about his journey, the customs of the native population, bushcraft and a bloody battle at the massacre of Bloody Falls.

Long out of copyright, this outstanding read is freely available:

Hearne, Samuel - A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort ... to the Northern Ocean (1795)