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Dawn in Arctic Alaska / by Diamond Jenness ; ill. by Giacomo Raimondi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eskimos--Alaska.
- Eskimos.
- Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918).
- Canadian Arctic Expedition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1957]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""The Karluk had disappeared. Whether the vessel had freed itself from the ice and steamed eastward, or whether, still imprisoned, it had been carried by the ice westward, we could not know. In any case it was gone, leaving our hunting party of six men marooned on a sandy islet surrounded by thin ice and open water. The wind finally died away, in the calm air the water rapidly froze over again, and on September 30 we crossed with our two sleds to the mainland."". In 1913 a young ethnologist from New Zealand boarded a ship for the Arctic, beginning a personal journey...
- Contents:
- DAWN IN ARCTIC ALASKA; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W
- Notes:
- The author's experiences as a member of the Stefansson Expedition.
- Includes index.
- OCLC:
- 476161445
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