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Qikaaluktut: Images of Inuit Life

Politics & Social Sciences

Pelly, David F.

Tulurialik, Ruth Annaqtuusi

Anthropology

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Drawing upon six years of field research, including many conversations with Inuit people, independent scholar Pelly presents a history of seal hunting in the Arctic. Particular attention is paid to the spiritual dimensions of the relationship between the seals and the people. The text is richly illustrated with photographs (in b&amp;w and color) as well as traditional artistic representations of Inuit people and seals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Sacred Hunt: A Portrait of the Relationship Between Seals and Inuit

Social Sciences

Univ of Washington Pr

A story on the quest for sailing speed!

Faster! Faster!: The Quest for Sailing Speed

Hearst Marine Books

The Old Way North: Following the Oberholtzer-Magee Expedition

In the spring of 1912, Anishinaabe guide Billy Magee received a letter from future conservationist Ernest Oberholtzer asking Magee to accompany him on a journey. Soon after the two set off on a five-month canoe expedition following the old way north, a largely unmapped territory that would test both their endurance and their friendship. Tracing the route of the Oberholtzer-Magee expedition, The Old Way North transports readers through the history of this challenging wilderness and introduces them to the mapmakers, fur traders and trappers, missionaries, and Native peoples who relied on this corridor for trade and travel. Through Oberholtzer's journals along with historical records, personal interviews with Dene and Inuit, and present-day canoeing accounts, wilderness and conservation writer David Pelly reconstructs the many tales hidden in this land.

History

Americas

Borealis Books

pp. xiii, (1), 172, b/w and color illustrations, brown gilt cloth, with vg dj, traces the expedition to the Arctic of John Back in 1834. Prevoius owner's ink stamp on front free endpaper, title page and front pastedown.

Expedition: An Arctic journey through history on George Back's River

Betelgeuse Books

The remarkable history of a pocket of the remote Arctic, and the oral testimony from the last Inuit elders to live there. A coastal region of rolling tundra just west of Hudson Bay, Ukkusikslaik was established as a national park in 2003. In earlier times this historic region was the principal hunting ground for several Inuit families and was criss-crossed by missionaries, Mounties, and traders. Since the 1980s, Arctic writer and researcher David F. Pelly has been exploring this region on foot and by sea-kayak, and with Inuit friends, while documenting Inuit traditional knowledge of the land. In this book, he presents the stories of Inuit elders and includes historical records to provide a complete history of this extraordinary corner of our northern landscape, Ukkusiksalik.

Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story

Dundurn Press

Sacred Hunt

Greystone Books

Minnesota Historical Society Press

David Pelly tells the Thelon's story, exploring the mystery of Man's relationship with this special place in the heart of Canada's vast Arctic barrenlands. From Thanadelthur and Telaruk to J.W. Tyrrell, John Hornby and Eric Morse, the history is detailed, complete and exciting. The Thelon is the setting for a compelling Canadian adventure tale -- with all its drama, intrigue, joy and tragedy. But the writer goes beyond that to contemplate the significance of the Thelon wilderness, and to examine its uncertain future.
"It is the richness of human experience, layered on top of the natural splendour of the river valley and its wildlife, that really sets the Thelon apart. The place has a history, both Native and non-Native, which gives it standing beyond the intrinsic value of wilderness itself."
David Pelly writes as one who has been there time and again. He knows the Thelon from personal experience. As a freelance writer for 20 years, he has travelled many parts of the Arctic, but claims that "nowhere draws me back more powerfully than the Thelon."

Thelon: A River Sanctuary

The Ancestors Are Happy: True Tales of the Arctic

Arctic & Antarctica

Crossfield Publishing

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