Northern News

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: North America, Arctic Institute of
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1953
• Subjects: Anthropology; Archaeology; Artifacts; Diseases; Education; Employment; Etymology; Handicrafts; Health; Health care; Inuit; Serials; Tuberculosis; Walruses; Canadian Arctic; Alaska; Kamchatka; Poluostrov; Russian Federation; Arctic; Evelyn; Stefansson; eskimo*; inuit; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66916

The news items include: 1) an report on the first meeting of the committee appointed at the Canadian Eskimo Conference (reprinted from Arctic Circular, v. 5, no. 6, 1952, p. 63-64); 2) information from J. Brian Bird on the etymology of the name "walrus"; 3) information about the new series "Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska" and a listing of papers in the first volume; 4) a request from Evelyn Stefansson who wants to know whether any copies of the Russian periodical "Letopis' Severa" made it to North America; and 5) a translation of S.L. Markov's account of the "The discovery of ancient coins in the Kamchatka" by Evelyn Stefanson.