UID:
almafu_9960117952602883
Format:
1 online resource (100 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-28118-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Polar Exploration
Content:
First published in 1878, this English translation of the memoirs of Hans Hendrik (c.1834-89), a native Greenlander, provides a valuable alternative perspective on polar exploration in the nineteenth century. Inuit were often employed on Arctic expeditions of the period. Hendrik is remarkable, however, not only because his skills as a guide and hunter were called on repeatedly during several expeditions - notably those led by Elisha Kent Kane, Isaac Israel Hayes, Charles Francis Hall and George Strong Nares - but also because he wrote his own account of these experiences. The memoirs show that Hendrik distinguished himself through his application of survival skills and that he dealt with numerous challenges, including the forced abandonment of ship and drifting for months on an ice floe. Instances of sickness and malnutrition are also recorded, as is the poor treatment that Hendrik and other Inuit sometimes experienced from their employers.
Note:
"Translated from the eskimo language"--Title page.
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Originally published: London : Trubner and Co., 1878.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-07098-1
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107281189
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