Als Eskimo unter den Eskimos
Eine Schilderung der Erlebnisse der Schwatka'schen Franklin-Aufsuchungs-Expedition in den Jahren 1878–80

Heinrich Klutschak's 1881 publication gives a detailed and sympathetic account of how he experienced Inuit life in the 1870's Arctic.

Heinrich W. Klutschak (Author)

9781108049993, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 June 2012

266 pages, 33 b/w illus. 5 maps
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

With this 1881 publication, Heinrich Klutschak (1847–90), a German native of Prague, produced one of the first comprehensive accounts of Inuit life. In the years 1878–80 the artist and writer was part of an expedition, led by the American soldier Frederick Schwatka, which travelled in the Canadian Arctic. This undertaking was but one of many that sought to discover what had happened during the last expedition of the British explorer Sir John Franklin in the 1840s. As the title of the work indicates, Klutschak and his fellow expedition members attempted to live as fully as possible in the manner of the Inuit and in close proximity to them. Although Klutschak dwells on the antipathy between some of the Inuit bands, the general tone of the book is one of respect for their survival skills and way of life.

Vorwort
Einleitung
1. Die Schwatka'schen Franklin-Augsuchungs-Partie in den Jahren 1878, 1879, und 1880
2. Aufenthalt in Hudsons-Bai
3. Marsch zur Wasserscheide
4. Auf dem Gebiete des Backs-Flusse nach König-Wilhelms-Land
5. Von Cap Herschel nach Cap Felix
6. Die eigentliche Forschung und ihre Ergebnisse
7. Getheilte Forschung
8. Im permanenten Camp
9. Von König-Wilhelms-Land nach den gefährlichen Stromschnellen des Grossen Fischflusses
10. Um Backs-Flusse
11. Der Ueberland Marsch
12. Die letze Strecke bis zur Marmor-Insel
13. Die letzen Monate in Hudsons-Bai
14. Der Eskimo des americanischen Nordens
Sach-Register.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]