Excavating the North

From: Literary Review of Canada | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: McGoogan, Ken | Copyright information

Excavating the North Two writers uncover more pieces in the puzzle of Arctic history. Hummocks: Journeys and Inquiries Among the Canadian Inuit Jean Malaurie Translated by Peter Feldstein McGill-Queen's University Press 378 pages, hardcover ISBN 9780773532007

Travelling Passions: The Hidden Life of Vilhjalmur Stefansson Gísli Pá;lsson Translated by Keneva Kunz University of Manitoba Press 374 pages, hardcover ISBN 9780887551796

One morning in August 1999, on the west coast of ...

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