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020			_a9781108070980 _qpbk.
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082			_a998.2 _bRIN
245		0	_aMemoirs of Hans Hendrik, the Arctic traveller : _bserving under Kane, Hayes, Hall and Nares, 1853-1876 / _ctranslated by Henry Rink ; edited by George Stephens
260			_aLondon : _bCambridge university press, _c2014.
300			_a99 p. : _bill., maps ; _c22 cm.
490			_aCambridge library collection polar exploration
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aIntroduction; 1. The author's home; 2. Second northern journey; 3. Third journey to the north; 4. Fourth journey to the north.
520			_aFirst published in 1878, this English translation of the memoirs of Hans Hendrik (c.1834?89), a native Greenlander, provides a valuable alternative perspective on polar exploration in the nineteenth century. Inuit were often employed on Arctic expeditions of the period. Hendrik is remarkable, however, not only because his skills as a guide and hunter were called on repeatedly during several expeditions - notably those led by Elisha Kent Kane, Isaac Israel Hayes, Charles Francis Hall and George Strong Nares - but also because he wrote his own account of these experiences. The memoirs show that Hendrik distinguished himself through his application of survival skills and that he dealt with numerous challenges, including the forced abandonment of ship and drifting for months on an ice floe. Instances of sickness and malnutrition are also recorded, as is the poor treatment that Hendrik and other Inuit sometimes experienced from their employers.
650			_aHistory
700			_aRink, Henry
700			_aStephens, George
942			_cENG
999			_c161718 _d161718