Ebierbing (ca. 1837-ca. 1881)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Loomis, Chauncey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1986
• Subjects: Acculturation; Biographies; Ebierbing; ca. 1837-ca. 1881; Expeditions; Explorers; Hall; Charles Francis; 1821-1871; History; Search for Franklin; Survival; Igloolik region; Nunavut; King William Island; Repulse Bay region; Roes Welcome Sound region; Arctic; Igloolik; Frobisher Bay; Hannah; William Island; Repulse Bay; Roes Welcome Sound; inuit; Polaris
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65123

Ebierbing, called "Joe" by the many whaling men and explorers who knew him, was a small and diffident man, but in the course of a hard life he consistently displayed remarkable strength, courage, and fortitude, as well as unswerving loyalty to those non-Inuit "kabloonas" who came...