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Ultima thule : explorers and natives in the polar North /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Malaurie, Jean
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; London : Norton, ©2003.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	Greenland > Discovery and exploration. Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration. Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > European. Arctique > Découverte et exploration. Discoveries in geography. Arctic Regions. Greenland. Ontdekkingsreizigers. Expedities. Eskimo's.

Table of Contents:

History of the Exploration of Northwest Greenland 4
Captain John Ross 20
Sir John Franklin 48
Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield 51
Erasmus York 58
The Upernaallit 60
Elisha Kent Kane 74
Isaac Israel Hayes 94
The Last Migration of the Inuit 106
Charles Francis Hall 110
George Strong Nares 128
Hans Hendrik 140
Baron Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjold 153
Lieutenant Adolphus Washington Greely 154
Admiral Robert Edwin Peary 174
Third Metamorphosis of the Inuit 214
Dr. Frederick Albert Cook 220
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen 242
Knud Rasmussen 254
Peter Freuchen 286
Lauge Koch 302
Lord Edward Shackleton 314
Erik Holtved 322
Jean Malaurie 332
The Fantasy World of the Inuit 370
Epilogue: Thule 2000 374
Chronology of the Polar Eskimos, 1616-2000 394.