ISBN:
9781139839167
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Polar Exploration
Uniform Title:
Eskimoliv
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
998.2/00497
Keywords:
Inuit / Greenland
;
Eskimo
;
Ethnologie
;
Grönland
;
Eskimo
;
Ethnologie
;
Grönland
;
Eskimo
Abstract:
In later life the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, the Norwegian explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) led the team that in 1888 made the first successful crossing of Greenland's interior. Finding themselves cut off from the rest of the world for the winter, Nansen and his men spent several months living among the Greenlandic Inuit. Although 'far too short a time in which to attain a thorough knowledge', it was nevertheless sufficient to form a strong acquaintance and affection. First published in 1893, this English translation of the 1891 Norwegian original offers a valuable insight into much that was, and remains, foreign and peculiar to European experience. The coverage ranges from culinary to linguistic observations, and Nansen is by turns repulsed, fascinated and full of compassion, asking what the future holds for a people 'already stung with the venom of our civilisation'
Note:
English edition originally published in London by Longmans, Green, and Co. in 1893. - Translation of Norwegian original Eskimoliv published in 1891. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139839167
URL:
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