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MARC recordInuit and whalers on Baffin Island through German eyes: Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-1884) / Ludger Müller-Wille, Bernd Gieseking ; translated by William Barr.
| Title: | Inuit and whalers on Baffin Island through German eyes: Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-1884) / Ludger Müller-Wille, Bernd Gieseking ; translated by William Barr. |
| Author(s): | Müller-Wille, Ludger. Gieseking, Bernd. Barr, William, |
| Date: | 2011. |
| Publisher: | Montreal: Baraka |
| Abstract: | English translation of Wilhelm Weike's account of year's stay among Inuit of Baffin Island. Weike had been hired by young scientist Franz Boas to assist him in geographical and ethnographical research following first International Polar Year (1882-83). Account is important historical source on inter-cultural relations between Inuit, over-wintering whalers, and their German observers. |
| Keywords: | 39 -- Ethnography: Inuit. 394 -- Social life. 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry. 82-94 -- Diaries and expedition journals. 92 -- Biographies: Boas, Franz. 92 -- Biographies: Weike, Wilhelm. 93"188" -- 1880-1889. V -- History. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*41) -- Canada. (*462) -- Baffin Island. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*462) : 93 |
| ISBN: | 9781926824116 |
| SPRI record no.: | 197759 |
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