Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 2708 (875) Category Arctic; Author Pryde, Duncan Title NUNAGA: Ten Years of Eskimo Life. Publishing Information London: Corgi Books, 1973. 0552092312 Description 1973 Corgi Paperback Edition: 309pp, illustrated 10 coloured photographs. "Single, ambitious, self-reliant young man required....Duncan Pryde an 18 year old orphan, ex merchant seaman and disgruntled factory-worker, decided to try his hand at fur trading and emigrated to Canada. In Nunaga, he tells of his discovery of a remote and primitive life to which, astonishingly, he found that he easily adapted....Pryde speaks with authority of the northern native life - the Eskimos' birth, death and marriage rights, their extraordinarily tolerant sexual customs, their age-old and amazingly effective hunting skills". A good read. Pages browned. Good Price £2.00 Keywords qpolarq, arctic, polar S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket