First 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...
First published in 1878, this English translation of the memoirs of Hans Hendrik (c.1834 89), a native Greenlander, provides a valuable alternative pe...
