Across the Keewatin Icefields: Three Years Among the Canadian Eskimos, 1913-1916 - Softcover
Dramatic vignettes of life on the tundra highlight this journal, sub-titled Three Years Among the Canadian Eskimos, 1913-1916, by the Norwegian traveller, Christian Leden. He writes vividly, in the present tense, giving a feeling of intimacy to his accounts of travel and the hunt some eighty years ago.
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Christian Leden was born near Trondheim, Norway. As well as being a trained musician, Christian had also studied anthropology. He learned the language of the Greenland Eskimos, recorded their songs, took film and photographs, and collected artifacts for museums. He also recorded the music of Blackfoot Indians in Alberta. He sailed for Hudson's Bay in 1913, where he arranged to live and travel with the Keewatin Eskimos. His diary of his years there is the basis of this book. Dr. Leslie Neatby is retired professor of Classics, University of Saskatchewan. His distinguished career includes the publication of a number of arctic books: In Quest for the Northwest Passage, Frozen Ships, and Search for Franklin.
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- PublisherWatson and Dwyer
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0920486460
- ISBN 13 9780920486467
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
- EditorSmith Shirley Anne
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: As New. As New condition; Christian Leden lived and traveled with the Keewatin Eskimos from 1913-1916. His purpose was to record the customs and practices of the Eskimos before they were changed by 'civilized ways'. He bartered food and equipment for ethnographic items which he transported to Chesterfield Inlet, NWT for shipment to cultural institutions. This book reveals Leden's gift for description, his ability to dramatize the skills of survival, his capacity to understand and care for his Eskimo companions and the animals that shared their lives. Seller Inventory # 003217
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Book Description [0-920486-46-0] [1990]. (Trade paperback) Very good plus. Signed by the editor. Photographs, bibliography, index. Edited with introduction by Shirlee Anne Smith. Translated by Leslie H. Neatby. Locale: ; Keewatin--Northwest Territories; Northwest Canada. (Arctic/Polar, Description and Travel, Eskimos, Inuit, Native Americans, Voyages and Travels). Seller Inventory # 000575
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