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The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers Harbour Publishing Robert D. Turner October 2019 For about 60 years, steamers were the most important form of transportation for the vast region along the course of the Yukon River. From the fur trade era, the Klondike Gold Rush days, wartime, and tourism seasons, the history of Yukon River Steamboats, their builders and crew, and the services they provided come alive in this illustrated volume. Based on countless hours of field and archival research, it includes over 600 photos and provides the full history of Yukon River steamers.
Voyage With the Labrador Eskimos, 1880-1881, Second Edition Johan Adrian Jacobsen Polar Horizons December 2019 In August 1880, Norwegian Johan Adrian Jacobsen recruited two Labrador Inuit families for a European ethnographical exhibit. The eight individuals, aged nine months to 50 years, were exhibited in Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, and Frankfurt before they suddenly started dying. Discover the thoughts and qualms of this 27‐year‐old man while trying to recruit families for the exhibit; when Abraham Ulrikab agreed to accompany him with his family; the heartbreaking moment when Abraham had to hand over his three‐year‐old daughter to a hospital in Germany; and the horror of being admitted to the smallpox unit of a Paris hospital where the Labrador Inuit families, among others, suffered and died around him. The book is an enlarged edition from 86 to 300 pages. It includes the English translation of a larger extract of Jacobsen’s diary, new findings and additional information, such as correspondence from family, friends, and business partners, plus 54 photos and illustrations. The new material was translated from Norwegian/Danish/German to English by Dieter Riedel.
Kenojuak Ashevak: Life and Legacy Edited by Leslie Boyd Pomegranate January 2020 Kenojuak Ashevak's ground‐breaking art speaks to her interconnecting roles as an artist, mother and member of the Cape Dorset Inuit community in Nunavut. This book fosters those connections by putting her prints next to their original drawings. It includes a foreword written by Silaqi Ashevak, Kenojuak’s daughter, and an essay about the author’s life by Leslie Boyd, both in English, French and Inuktitut. There is also a travelling art exhibition throughout Canada for the next two years featuring the artwork in the book.
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