Seeking Environmental Knowledge from an Inuit Shaman : Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History 2012, no. 1: Seeking Environmental Knowledge from an Inuit Shaman

• Main Author: McCorristine, Shane
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany 2012
• Subjects: Environmental Knowledge; arctic; British Empire; explorations; imperialism; ships; Arctic; Northwest Passage; Parry; inuit; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5282/rcc/3679; http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/3679/

During his 1821-23 Arctic expedition British commander William Edward Parry relied on Inuit shamans and their extensive geographical knowledge to survey the unknown and rather hostile environment of the Canadian Arctic and to seek the Northwest Passage. In one instance, the expedition’s explorers co...