ISBN:
9781139236492
Language:
German
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (247 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Klutschak, Heinrich W., 1848 - 1890 Als Eskimo unter den Eskimos
DDC:
305.89712
Keywords:
Klutschak, Heinrich Travel
;
Inuit Social life and customs
;
Canada, Northern Description and travel
;
Reisebericht
;
Reisebericht
;
Reise
;
Polargebiete
;
Nordamerika
;
Amerika
Abstract:
With this 1881 publication, Heinrich Klutschak (1847–90), a German native of Prague, produced one of the first comprehensive accounts of Inuit life. In the years 1878–80 the artist and writer was part of an expedition, led by the American soldier Frederick Schwatka, which travelled in the Canadian Arctic. This undertaking was but one of many that sought to discover what had happened during the last expedition of the British explorer Sir John Franklin in the 1840s. As the title of the work indicates, Klutschak and his fellow expedition members attempted to live as fully as possible in the manner of the Inuit and in close proximity to them. Although Klutschak dwells on the antipathy between some of the Inuit bands, the general tone of the book is one of respect for their survival skills and way of life
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2015)
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139236492
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