The whole article is dreadfully written, but the photos are fascinating. If anyone is interested in Inuit life, find a copy of this book: "Kabloona." You will love it.
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Forget the political correctness and look at the content.
That, is not possible in our modern world. I think it is a great piece of history, and that is just exactly what it is, History, and should be viewed as such. Different time - different manner and wording than today.
Originally posted by Bill/Oregon: The whole article is dreadfully written, but the photos are fascinating. If anyone is interested in Inuit life, find a copy of this book: "Kabloona." You will love it.
"Kabloona" = good. In it you meet a young Scotsman about to join the Hudson Bay Co. You find mention of the same man (grown old) in a later book "Ten Years in the Arctic" by Duncan Pryde. The latter book is spellbinding. I tried to find the author (Duncan Pryde), but he had moved to the Isle of Whyte, and didn't reply to my letter. I later learned he had died. Read "Kabloona", and then read Pryde's book. Holler at me if you want a copy...it's here somewhere.
Conifer and all, after you've read "drunken Duncan"'s book, look for "An Arctic Man" by Ernie Lyall.
I was close friends of both,and Ernie wrote his book to counter some of the "BS & Bologna" (as he described it) in Duncan's book.
Both are good reading and gave a good view of the Canadian arctic in the 60's & early 70's. Both are long gone but I still have their memories and think of evenings learning the language from Ernie's wife!
