Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition
Over the course of the 19th century, many European explorers sailed in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. These journeys brought them into territory occupied by Inuit, who both traded with the explorers for various goods and interacted with the material that they left behind....
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crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic4745 2024-06-09T07:42:12+00:00 Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition Thacher, Dana 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4745 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/67783/51679 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ARCTIC volume 71, issue 4, page 431-443 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 2018 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4745 2024-05-14T12:53:42Z Over the course of the 19th century, many European explorers sailed in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. These journeys brought them into territory occupied by Inuit, who both traded with the explorers for various goods and interacted with the material that they left behind. This study examines the remains of two ship’s boats from three sites on King William Island (NgLj-2, NgLj-3, and NgLj-8) that were abandoned by members of the Franklin expedition and subsequently found and altered by an Inuit sub-group called the Netsilik to reveal the motivational factors behind their actions. It demonstrates that Inuit used these boats in a manner that reflects (1) their environment, (2) what the material afforded, (3) their past experiences with Europeans and European material, and (4) their intended uses of the material. These alterations ascribed new meaning to the material and redefine the remains of the boats in Erebus Bay as simultaneously Netsilik and European material. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic inuit King William Island Netsilik Northwest passage Arctic Institute of North America Arctic Erebus Bay ENVELOPE(-98.918,-98.918,69.301,69.301) King William Island ENVELOPE(-97.418,-97.418,69.168,69.168) Northwest Passage William Island ENVELOPE(-130.703,-130.703,54.035,54.035) ARCTIC 71 4 431 443 |
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Over the course of the 19th century, many European explorers sailed in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. These journeys brought them into territory occupied by Inuit, who both traded with the explorers for various goods and interacted with the material that they left behind. This study examines the remains of two ship’s boats from three sites on King William Island (NgLj-2, NgLj-3, and NgLj-8) that were abandoned by members of the Franklin expedition and subsequently found and altered by an Inuit sub-group called the Netsilik to reveal the motivational factors behind their actions. It demonstrates that Inuit used these boats in a manner that reflects (1) their environment, (2) what the material afforded, (3) their past experiences with Europeans and European material, and (4) their intended uses of the material. These alterations ascribed new meaning to the material and redefine the remains of the boats in Erebus Bay as simultaneously Netsilik and European material. |
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Thacher, Dana Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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salvaging on the coast of erebus bay, king william island: an analysis of inuit interaction with material from the franklin expedition |
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The Arctic Institute of North America |
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ENVELOPE(-98.918,-98.918,69.301,69.301) ENVELOPE(-97.418,-97.418,69.168,69.168) ENVELOPE(-130.703,-130.703,54.035,54.035) |
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Arctic Erebus Bay King William Island Northwest Passage William Island |
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Arctic Arctic inuit King William Island Netsilik Northwest passage |
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Arctic Arctic inuit King William Island Netsilik Northwest passage |
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