Ultima Thule: Explorers and Natives in the Polar North |
| Author: Jean Malaurie
Creators: Willard Wood, Anthony Roberts
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 185687
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.4
Dimensions (in): 13.7 x 9.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0393051501
Dewey Decimal Number: 919.8204
EAN: 9780393051506
ASIN: 0393051501
Publication Date: December 1, 2003
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Based on excerpts from the explorers' logs counterbalanced by Inuit testimony, this text is the story of European and American exploration in the polar north. It aims to bring to life both sides of the clash that arose when white men arrived in the Far North, dreaming of conquest and believing that they brought with them a civilization superior to that of the indigenous peoples. Today, the outlook for the Inuit and the polar environment is bleak: the people and their landscape are in danger of disappearing for good. But according to Jean Malaurie, who spent a year living among the Inuit, the situation is not altogether without hope. It is illustrated with period photographs, engravings, artefacts and drawings.
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Perfect book November 20, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the ultimate book on Greenland with a sensitive approach to the inuit people. Both breathtaking and informative. Respect of nature, art and people. A masterpiece.
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