The Inuit Way is a mesmerising take on Polar travel by explorer and
award-winning researcher Edward Cooper. It is a gripping account of
the author's travels across northwest Greenland, where he spent
several months living and hunting with the Inuit. From there,
Cooper and teammate venture across the sea ice on to the Canadian
Arctic islands. Here, Cooper's quest is to track down a note left
by David Haig-Thomas, a British Arctic explorer, nearly a hundred
years previously. Suffering from snow blindness and frostbite,
Fighting off hungry polar bears, surrounded by the white wolves of
Ellesmere Island, Edward Cooper and teammate, who was suffering
from snow blindness and frostbite, discover a land steeped in
culture and history. Part travelogue, part adventure and part
history, this is a thrilling Polar travel narrative that offers
insights into the people that live in the Arctic year-round. Meet
Mikael, a young Inuit hunter who sleeps in a small tent on the sea
ice, and fishes for halibut during the winter months. Join Cooper
in watching Inuit hunters coach crack teams of dogs across the ice
in the year's first dog race. Get to know a former Danish drug
smuggler turned hunter. Experience the realities of Arctic life -
drinking water carved from icebergs by giant trucks, and the
constraints imposed on sanitation by permafrost and freezing
temperatures. And journey with Cooper on a life-endangering
expedition, where he falls through a crack in the ice into icy
waters while watching his teammate continue onwards, oblivious to
danger. Reflecting on his experience, Cooper appraises
Haig-Thomas's legacy from his time in Greenland, and considers how
life has evolved for Inuit families across the following century.
Above all, Cooper sensitively discusses Greenland as a litmus test
for a world that is evolving geopolitically and through climate
change. The Inuit Way is a fascinating book that will be enjoyed by
intrepid travellers, adventure junkies, Polar enthusiasts, and
armchair or real-life explorers as well as people interested in the
environment, fishing or indigenous communities.
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