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9780393051506

Ultima Thule Explorers and Natives in the Polar North

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393051506

  • ISBN10:

    0393051501

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-12-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Summary

Ultima Thule is the terrible and yet fantastic story of European and American exploration in the polar north. Based on excerpts from the explorers? logs counterbalanced by Inuit testimony, it brings to life both sides of the clash that arose when white men arrived in the Far North, dreaming of conquest and believing that they brought with them a civilization superior to that of the indigenous peoples they found. Today, the outlook for the Inuit and the polar environment is bleak: the people and their landscape are in danger of disappearing for good. But according to Jean Malaurie, the situation is not altogether without hope. Heavily illustrated with period photographs, engravings, artifacts, and drawings, the book gives the readers the impression of having an entire museum of North Pole history in their hands.

Author Biography

Jean Malaurie, who has been an Arctic explorer and geographer since the age of twenty-six, spent a year sharing the daily life of the Inuit in 1950. On his return to Europe he published The Last Kings of Thule Today he lives in Paris and is the author of several books on the Polar regions

Table of Contents

History of the Exploration of Northwest Greenlandp. 4
Introductionp. 6
Captain John Rossp. 20
Sir John Franklinp. 48
Captain Edward Augustus Inglefieldp. 51
Erasmus Yorkp. 58
The Upernaallitp. 60
Elisha Kent Kanep. 74
Isaac Israel Hayesp. 94
The Last Migration of the Inuitp. 106
Charles Francis Hallp. 110
George Strong Naresp. 128
Hans Hendrikp. 140
Baron Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjoldp. 153
Lieutenant Adolphus Washington Greelyp. 154
Admiral Robert Edwin Pearyp. 174
Third Metamorphosis of the Inuitp. 214
Dr. Frederick Albert Cookp. 220
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsenp. 242
Knud Rasmussenp. 254
Peter Freuchenp. 286
Lauge Kochp. 302
Lord Edward Shackletonp. 314
Erik Holtvedp. 322
Jean Malauriep. 332
The Fantasy World of the Inuitp. 370
Epilogue: Thule 2000p. 374
Chronology of the Polar Eskimos, 1616-2000p. 394
Indexp. 397
Glossaryp. 398
Bibliographyp. 399
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