Eskimo LifeLongmans, Green, and Company, 1894 - 350 pages Observations of Eskimos during stay at Godthab, west Greenland, in winter of 1888-89 after crossing of Greenland ice sheet. Translation of Norwegian original Eskimoliv published in 1891. |
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... is to awaken here and there a feeling of sympathy with the Eskimos and of sorrow for their destiny . GODTHAAB , LYSAKER : November 1891 . FRIDTJOF NANSEN . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. GREENLAND AND THE ESKIMO · AUTHOR'S PREFACE xi.
... is to awaken here and there a feeling of sympathy with the Eskimos and of sorrow for their destiny . GODTHAAB , LYSAKER : November 1891 . FRIDTJOF NANSEN . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. GREENLAND AND THE ESKIMO · AUTHOR'S PREFACE xi.
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... Godthaab the ernangnak was most in use ; but I heard old hunters complaining that , 1 In North Greenland there is yet a third and larger form of the harpoon , which is used in walrus hunting , and is hurled without a throwing - stick ...
... Godthaab the ernangnak was most in use ; but I heard old hunters complaining that , 1 In North Greenland there is yet a third and larger form of the harpoon , which is used in walrus hunting , and is hurled without a throwing - stick ...
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... rule , each hunter makes his kaiak for him- self , and it is fitted to the man's size just like a garment . A kaiak for a Greenlander of average size measures , in the neighbourhood of Godthaab , about 6 46 ESKIMO LIFE.
... rule , each hunter makes his kaiak for him- self , and it is fitted to the man's size just like a garment . A kaiak for a Greenlander of average size measures , in the neighbourhood of Godthaab , about 6 46 ESKIMO LIFE.
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... Godthaab fiords - as , for example , at Sardlok and Karnok - were longer and narrower than the kaiaks on the sea - coast , for example at Kangek , obviously for the reason that on the open coast they are ex- posed to heavier seas , and ...
... Godthaab fiords - as , for example , at Sardlok and Karnok - were longer and narrower than the kaiaks on the sea - coast , for example at Kangek , obviously for the reason that on the open coast they are ex- posed to heavier seas , and ...
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... that at Kangek , near Godthaab , almost all the hunters possessed it . On the east coast , according to Captain Holm , it seems to be usual , yet not so much so as it was in former times THE KAIAK ' AND ITS APPURTENANCES 53.
... that at Kangek , near Godthaab , almost all the hunters possessed it . On the east coast , according to Captain Holm , it seems to be usual , yet not so much so as it was in former times THE KAIAK ' AND ITS APPURTENANCES 53.
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