Countering “Arctification”: Dawson City’s “Sourtoe Cocktail”

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus on the Sourtoe Cocktail, a custom in Dawson City, Canada’s Yukon, in which participants drink a shot of alcohol with a dehydrated human toe in it. Springing from a local legend, the thrill-inducing Sourtoe Cocktail has attracted the attention o...

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Main Authors: Cooper, E. A. (Elizabeth Ann), Spinei, M. (Michelle), Varnajot, A. (Alix)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Emerald 2019
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202001101776