Hunters of the great North
This book is a description of the time the author spent living with the Eskimos of Northern Canada. Chapters include his voyage north with a whaling fleet, learning to build an igloo, travelling in an Eskimo skin-boat, rafting down the Porcupine River, hunting polar bears, seals and caribou, and lea...
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G.G. Harrap
1923
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cbu_khattar/id/1297 |
| Summary: | This book is a description of the time the author spent living with the Eskimos of Northern Canada. Chapters include his voyage north with a whaling fleet, learning to build an igloo, travelling in an Eskimo skin-boat, rafting down the Porcupine River, hunting polar bears, seals and caribou, and learning to create a fishing camp. Throughout the book there is much discussion of the climate of the North, as well as of the social customs of the Eskimo people. A number of photographs accompany this text. |
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