INTRODUCTION 



MR. HARRY WHITNEY has brought out of the Arctic 

 a remarkable and absorbing narrative of thrilling ad- 

 ventures and unusual experiences. It is a narrative 

 unlike any other description of Arctic life and travel. 

 It is a distinctive and valuable contribution to the 

 literature of the region. Not only will it interest 

 and hold the sportsman and lover of wilderness ad- 

 venture, but from an ethnic standpoint it contains 

 much that is new concerning the Highland Eskimos, 

 the most northerly inhabitants of the earth. 



Complete success in the hunt demanded that Mr. 

 Whitney adopt the Eskimo mode of life, share with 

 the natives their privations and their dangers and 

 lend his aid in their incessant struggle for existence. 

 This brought him into closer touch with the people, 

 both individually and as a whole than has ever been 

 possible for explorers bent upon purely scientific re- 

 search. Throughout an entire year with the native 

 families in igloo and tupek, or with the huntsmen of 

 the tribe on the trail of game, he was afforded an 

 opportunity to observe many phases of the Eskimo 

 life hitherto unrecorded. 



The chief feature of the narrative, however, is ad- 

 venture. The imaginative writer could hardly pic- 



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