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Collision in the Arctic [e-book] / Barbara Hinds.

by Hinds, Barbara

Hinds, Barbara. -- Archives

Women travelers -- Canada.

Inuit -- Social life and customs.

Indigenous peoples -- Canada.

Nunavut (N.W.T.) -- Description and travel

Nord-du-Québec (Québec)

Arctic regions -- Description and travel.

Dalhousie Libraries Digital Editions

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1 online resource ([vi], 263 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map (color).

The digital edition originates from a manuscript prepared in 1964 by Barbara Hinds. Original typescript is available from the Dalhousie University Archives MS-2-160 Box 16, Folder 1.

Available in PDF, MOBI, EPUB, and HTML formats.

Foreword by Geoff Brown.

This book is made available through a partnership between Dalhousie University Libraries and Halifax Public Libraries.

Dalhousie University Archives; 5th Floor, Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University, 6225 University Avenue, PO Box 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2; Canada; Barbara Hinds fonds.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Beginnings -- Melting pot or slum -- Frobisher's mainspring -- Rehabilitation centre -- Point of collision -- No discrimination -- First seal hunt -- Fort Chimo -- Tapestry threads -- Eskimo hero -- An Eskimo life -- Grass roots economy -- Clochemerle-by-the_Sea -- Time and tide -- God's pocket -- Some sex customs -- The place of many lamps -- Henry's first consignment -- Polar bear stew -- A small port in a storm -- Diminishing herds -- Luxury camp -- Artists and spirits -- A dog's life -- Getting religion -- How to catch a fox -- Is there a mechanic in the camp? -- Endings.

"Barbara Hinds had a deep and abiding interest in the Canadian Arctic even before she arrived in Canada from England in 1956. In 1960, she realized her dream when she and friend, Rosemary Gilliat (later known as Rosemary Gilliat Eaton), took a trip that would influence the rest of their lives. Barbara and Rosemary met in Ottawa at the 1959 meeting of the Canadian Women's Press Club. The two immediately hit it off and discovered a mutual interest in the Arctic. During the ensuing months, they developed a plan to travel to the eastern Canadian Arctic [northern Quebec and present-day Nunavut] and document the people, places and circumstances that they encountered. From the outset, the trip was infused with a sense of adventure and risk-taking. Barbara and Rosemary were intent on exploring the Arctic without being limited by any of the usual setbacks reserved for two young female travelers ... For students and scholars interested in the recent history of the Arctic, this book provides a somewhat different perspective from the typical information sources and government documents covering the period. Government programs in the Arctic were administered almost exclusively by men, as were the large-scale construction and resource extraction projects. " -- From the foreword.

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