Arctic Crossing: a Journey Through the Northwest Passage and Inuit Culture
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
- Publish date: 03/01/2001
In 1997, Jonathan Waterman began a 2,200-mile solo journey across the Arctic. We see him with Inuit from Alaska to Nunavut, Canada's new, 770,000-square-mile, Inuit-governed province. He offers first-hand observations of their life, language, and beliefs, and records their reactions to global assimilation. He documents their centuries of unjust treatment at the hands of "Kabloona" ("bushy-eyebrowed" whites) and writes of unemployment, teen suicide, and substance abuse. And he is present as Inuit stand on the brink of a more hopeful, self-determined future.
At the same time, Waterman reveals the physical risks and psychological dangers of crossing the Arctic alone by kayak, skis, and dogsled. Evoking the barren beauty of the landscape and its wildlife, he recalls earlier explorers -- and their often brilliantly unsuccessful attempts to complete the elusive Northwest Passage -- who, like him, were enraptured by both The People and their unique perspective from the top of the world.
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