This book was mentioned as one of the author's favorite books for outdoor enthusiasts. It details the author's experiences and observations of Eskimo hunters.
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My life with the Eskimos is always on there.
It's like Coming into the Country by John McPhee, like greatest, greatest book for outdoorsman. Okay. Be like Coming into the Country for John McPhee, My Life with the Eskimo by Stephenson, Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez.
It's amazing. Because, and by the way, I think that contributes to some of the problems that end up occurring. But we can get into that.
And he had been on, in 1905, he did an expedition in Iceland and then he was on the North coast of Alaska and the Mackenzie River area. And he was really interested in the ethnology and studying the native peoples there.
And he wasn't like, what's cool about him too is he wasn't sort of chasing the North pole. He was just trying to find uncontacted peoples and hang out with them.
So he came back in 1912 and claims that he's contacted while he was out there for four years, that he's contacted these descendants of Leif Erikson who are blonde haired, blue eyed Eskimos or Inuit peoples. And, you know.
So he gets back after four years in the Arctic and he put this trip together, the Canadian Arctic Expedition, which is my book is about.
He had spent four years, he was just dropping this manuscript that was going to be like My Life With The Eskimo, you know, here's how it's done.
When he's up in the high Arctic, he's on, he's with hunters who have never seen a tree, but they have driftwood. Their explanation of what driftwood is, they think it's a plant that grows under the water.
Steffenson talked about one time stalking a grizzly bear that wound up being a ground squirrel when talking about, he talked about how deceptive, Oh, the Arctic light is.
So he resurfaces. Okay. And now he's, he is, his books are selling. He's writes, he's written My Life with the Eskimo and he also writes The Friendly Arctic, which is a great title for a book in which most people die.
