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"The Arctic - with its twenty-four-hour daylight, surprisingly curious animals and inexplicable humming noises - is a world of constant danger and limitless possibility. This unforgiving landscape is home to the Inuit (the name they prefer to "Eskimos"), whose complex and little-studied society is fascinating in its divergence from as well as its assimilation into Western culture.".
"Jonathan Waterman's 2,200-mile journey across the roof of North America took him through Inuit communities in Alaska to Nunavut, Canada's new, 770,000-square-mile, self-governed territory.
His story, at once illuminating and alarming, offers firsthand observations of their life, language and beliefs; records their reactions to global modernization; documents their centuries of unjust treatment at the hands of Kabloona (bushy-eyebrowed whites); and witnesses unemployment, teen suicide and such persistent plagues as spousal violence and substance abuse.
From the perspective of his 1997-1999 voyage - as the Inuit stand on the brink of a more hopeful, independent future - he also looks into a past marked by famous (or infamous) Arctic explorers, government cover-ups and environmental destruction."--BOOK JACKET.
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Arctic Crossing: One Man's 2,000-Mile Odyssey Among the Inuit
September 1, 2002, The Lyons Press
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Arctic crossing: a journey through the Northwest Passage and Inuit culture
2001, Random House Canada
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Arctic crossing: a journey through the Northwest Passage and Inuit culture
2001, Knopf
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