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Life with the Esquimaux - The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall of the Whaling Barque George Henry from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862 (Paperback)
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Life with the Esquimaux - The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall of the Whaling Barque George Henry from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology, Volume 2
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In 1860, Charles Francis Hall (1821-71), the American explorer,
embarked on the first of two voyages to the Canadian Arctic region
aimed at investigating the fate of Sir John Franklin's lost
expedition of 1847. During his time in the Arctic, Hall lived
amongst the Inuit community, learning their language and embracing
their everyday life. First published in 1864, Hall's two-volume
work remains of great interest to anthropologists, sociologists and
geographers. His eye-witness accounts of the indigenous people's
dwellings, hunting pursuits, birth and death rites, transportation,
interpersonal relationships, and survival strategies in severe
weather conditions provide an insight into Inuit culture in the
nineteenth century. In Volume 2 he tells of his discovery in
Frobisher Bay of artefacts from Martin Frobisher's
sixteenth-century mining venture; the survival of these relics,
together with his understanding of Inuit memory systems, convinces
him that traces of Franklin and his crew may yet be found.
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