Death aboard the steam whaler Diana
Disasters were common in Davis Strait in the whaling days of the 1800s. Many ships were beset in the ice and unprepared crews were forced to spend long winters of privation in the Arctic.
A sealskin church
Inuit visit the queen
The legacy of the Fifth Thule Expedition
And what about Steensby’s theory?
Qaavigarsuaq: A marksman and fascinating character
Memory of Arnarulunnguaq lives on in Greenlandic culture
Najagnir: ‘I have searched in the darkness’
The promised land
A brief visit to Siberia
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The Siberian dream of Knud Rasmussen
To Point Barrow and then Nome
Rasmussen among the Mackenzie Inuit
The Hanging of Alikomiak and Tatamigana – Part 2
The hanging of Alikomiak and Tatamigana – Part 1
The myth of the ‘Blond Eskimos’
Among the Inuinnait
The deep footprints of tired men
Summer at Malerualik
In search of Igsivalitaq, the outlaw
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Orpingalik and the power of magic words
On to Nattilik country
Freuchen and the Inughuit return to Greenland – Part 2
Freuchen and the Inughuit return to Greenland – Part 1
Naming the culture
Controversy among expedition members over Mathiassen’s work