Arctic odyssey
Subtitle: the diary of Diamond Jenness, ethnologist with the Canadian Arctic Expedition in Northern Alaska and Canada, 1913-1916
By: edited and annotated by Stuart E. Jenness ; with a foreward by William E. Taylor Jr.
Contributors: Jenness, Stuart E. 1925-; Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Hull, Quebec
Language: eng
Number of pages: 859
Subjects: Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969; Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969 -- Diaries; Ethnologists -- Canada -- Biography; Eskimos -- Canada -- Social life and customs; Eskimos -- Alaska -- Social life and customs
Other titles: Diary of Diamond Jenness, ethnologist with the Canadian Arctic Expedition in Northern Alaska and Canada, 1913-1916.
Description: This diary kept by Diamond Jenness (1888-1969), the ethnologist with the Southern Party of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918, covers the author's travels and work in northern Alaska, the Coronation Gulf area, Victoria Island and Bernard Harbour, with numerous photographs taken by the author and much previously unpublished material on Copper Eskimo life. Includes sketches and maps by the author, with lists of people met during the expedition, Eskimo words used in the diary, items traded, collections (birds, insects, mammals, plants, mosses, shells), singers of the songs recorded in the Coppermine area, photographs and correspondence. The basic text has been expanded with notes from other unpublished sources, together with biographical material on the various expedition members.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [829]-838) and index.