Arctic crossing
Subtitle: a journey through the Northwest Passage and Inuit culture
By: Jonathan Waterman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Waterman, Jonathan -- Travel -- Canada, Northern.; Waterman, Jonathan -- Voyages -- Nord-Ouest, Passage du.; Inuit -- Canada, Northern.; Inuit -- Canada.; Nord-Ouest, Passage du -- Descriptions et voyages.
Description: "The Arctic - with its twenty-four-hour daylight, surprisingly curious animals and inexplicable humming noises - is a world of constant danger and limitless possibility. This unforgiving landscape is home to the Inuit (the name they prefer to "Eskimos"), whose complex and little-studied society is fascinating in its divergence from as well as its assimilation into Western culture.".

"Jonathan Waterman's 2,200-mile journey across the roof of North America took him through Inuit communities in Alaska to Nunavut, Canada's new, 770,000-square-mile, self-governed territory.

His story, at once illuminating and alarming, offers firsthand observations of their life, language and beliefs; records their reactions to global modernization; documents their centuries of unjust treatment at the hands of Kabloona (bushy-eyebrowed whites); and witnesses unemployment, teen suicide and such persistent plagues as spousal violence and substance abuse.

From the perspective of his 1997-1999 voyage - as the Inuit stand on the brink of a more hopeful, independent future - he also looks into a past marked by famous (or infamous) Arctic explorers, government cover-ups and environmental destruction."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-351).
Map on lining paper.