Encounters on the Passage: Inuit Meet the Explorers

Dorothy Harley Eber

Published by University of Toronto Press 2008

Encounters on the Passage

Inuit Meet the Explorers

Dorothy Harley Eber

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442687981

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About this book

In Encounters on the Passage, present day Inuit tell the stories that have been passed down from their ancestors of the first encounters with European explorers.

Author / Editor information

Eber Dorothy Harley :

Dorothy Harley Eber is an author based in Montreal who has written numerous books about the Inuit.

Reviews

Russell Potter, Department of English, Rhode Island College:

'Encounters on the Passage is an extraordinary and important work. This is the first book to present the surviving Inuit oral traditions and stories about early explorers from the times of Sir John Franklin and Roald Amundsen's arctic voyages. Dorothy Harley Eber's interviews with Inuit elders offer not only echoes of older stories, but also new stories which have not been heard or collected until now. Complete with richly illustrative visual materials, Encounters on the Passage fascinatingly shows how Inuit have represented explorers and offers a long-overdue alternative to the all-too-familiar explorers' representations of Inuit.'

David C. Woodman, The Arctic Book Review:

Encounters on the Passage is a very worthy contribution to the store of preserved Inuit oral traditions. It serves as a useful reference and introduction to the stories relating to explorers that are otherwise scattered throughout the literature on British Arctic Exploration, and sets them in clear context.

Christopher Moore, The Beaver magazine, November 2008:

'Encounters on the Passage is alive with suggestions for enthusiast still seeking Franklin's grave or his lost record books or his sunken ships. But what stand[s] out is how the Inuit experienced those crazy incursions. Eber's stories bring home the true weirdness of these aliens and their great vessels, suddenly planting themselves amidst the people ... the richest material in this book ... is not what it says about a few doomed intruders from the south, but the role it plays in storing and preserving Inuit storytelling.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Chronology and Maps of Principal Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth- Century Arctic Expeditions by Sea Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
Prologue: Opening Salvos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Into the Arctic Archipelago: Edward Parry in Igloolik and the Shaman’s Curse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2 John Ross at Kablunaaqhiuvik – the ‘Place for Meeting White People’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3 The Franklin Era: Burial of a Great White Shaman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4 The Death Marches: ‘They were seen carrying human meat’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
5 New Franklin Stories: The Ship at Imnguyaaluk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
6 A Northwest Passage on Foot – and Lost Opportunity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
7 Norwegian Victory: ‘Amusi’ and the Prize Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
8 Modern Times Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Appendix One: Rumours of Hudson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Appendix Two: Charles Francis Hall and the Lost Men Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Keywords: Coursebook

eBook

Published: October 1, 2008
ISBN: 9781442687981