Aghvook, White Eskimo
Aghvook, White Eskimo

Author: Charles J. Keim

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13:

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Biography of German immigrant Frank Otto William Geist (12/27/1888-10/21/1963), an Alaskan archaeologist, explorer, and naturalist, with extracts from his journals and field notes relating to Saint Lawrence Island Eskimos.

People of the Ice Whale
People of the Ice Whale

Author: David Boeri

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Describes the interrelationship between the Eskimo whalers of northwestern Alaska and the bowhead whale upon which they depend.

Biographies of Scientists
Biographies of Scientists

Author: Roger Smith

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780810833845

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Provides more than 500 sources of information on scientists for young and adult general readers and for scholars. These sources explain scientists' accomplishments in the context of the personal and career developments that made those accomplishments possible

White Eskimo
White Eskimo

Author: Stephen R. Bown

Publisher:

Published: 2015-10-17

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781771620017

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"While Amundsen, Franklin, and Peary were first to explore the furthest geographical reaches of the Polar North, Knud Rasmussen was the first to explore its culture and its soul. Part Danish, part Inuit, the famed explorer anthropologist made an epic three year journey by dog sled from Greenland to Alaska recording not only the landscapes but also the songs and stories of the Eskimo people. In the ranks of the great explorer/writers who opened hitherto impenetrable cultures to the West--T.E. Lawrence in the Mideast, Wilfred Thesiger among the Bedouin, Richard Burton in Africa or among the Sufi--Rasmussen stars not only for his physical courage and ability to assimilate into the life of indigenous peoples, but also for the beauty of his writing. Across Arctic America and his collection of Eskimo songs and stories are classics of Polar literature. There has been no full-scale biography of Rasmussen in English, and Stephen Bown's splendidly received life of Roald Amundsen makes him the perfect writer to record the great journeys and fascinating life of the Inuit from Greenland through the Northwest Passage, to Alaska."--

Ancient Ink
Ancient Ink

Author: Lars Krutak

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2018-01-08

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0295742844

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The human desire to adorn the body is universal and timeless. While specific forms of body decoration and the motivations for them vary by region, culture, and era, all human societies have engaged in practices designed to augment and enhance people’s natural appearance. Tattooing, the process of inserting pigment into the skin to create permanent designs and patterns, is one of the most widespread forms of body art and was practiced by ancient cultures throughout the world, with tattoos appearing on human mummies by 3200 BCE. Ancient Ink, the first book dedicated to the archaeological study of tattooing, presents new, globe-spanning research examining tattooed human remains, tattoo tools, and ancient art. Connecting ancient body art traditions to modern culture through Indigenous communities and the work of contemporary tattoo artists, the volume’s contributors reveal the antiquity, durability, and significance of body decoration, illuminating how different societies have used their skin to construct their identities.