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Published in 1841, this is the story of Eenoolooapik, a young Inuit
who guided whaling captain William Penny to the mouth of Cumberland
Sound - a whale-rich body of water - 250 years after it was first
explored and named by John Davis. Probably the first Inuk for whom
a biography was published during his lifetime, 'Eenoo' drew a map
which led Penny to the whaling area. His geographical knowledge
therefore resulted in a burgeoning industry that provided seasonal
employment to the Inuit and dramatically changed their lives.
Alexander M'Donald (1817-48) describes Eenoolooapik's life and
environment, a visit to Scotland with Penny (where he endeared
himself to the people he met), and the difficulties he encountered
in making the transition from life in the Arctic to
nineteenth-century Britain. M'Donald himself later worked as an
assistant surgeon on H.M.S. Terror in Sir John Franklin's last
expedition: his eventual fate is not known.
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