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Dates & Times: 
©) Matinee, 2:30, Wednesday, November 8 
November Meetin 
Evenings, 8:00 p.m., Wednesday and 
Thursday, Novemeber 8 and 9 
Place: 
May Treat Morrison Auditorium 
Speaker: 
Richard S. Finnie 
Subject: 
Canadian Eskimos Revisited 
Netsilik mother and child 
In October, 1975, Richard S. Finnie, a 
native of Dawson City, Yukon Territory, pre- 
sented a popular slide-lecture entitled, 
“The Changing Yukon’’. This month Mr. 
Finnie returns to the Academy with a new 
program and a new focus — the people of 
the far north country beyond the Arctic 
Circle. By contrasting early black and white 
slides with his more recent color material 
Mr. Finnie describes how the lifestyle of the 
Canadian Eskimos has changed over the 
past fifty years, a subject which he knows 
well. 
Special Film/Lecture 
Our speaker first braved the Canadian High 
Arctic as a teenage radio operator ona 
shipborne expedition in 1924. Since then, 
as an explorer, geographical-historical 
writer and documentary filmmaker, he has 
covered most of the vast wilderness of the 
Yukon and Northwest Territories on many 
journeys in all seasons. His most recent trip 
was summer of ’78. Mr. Finnie is a fellow 
emeritus of the Explorers Club of New York 
and Chairman of its San Francisco Bay Area 
Chapter. He is a fellow of the Arctic Insti- 
tute of North America and a life member of 
the California Academy of Sciences. 
As usual, your membership card admits you 
through the main entrance at Cowell Hall, 
and through the Wattis Hall entrance for the 
matinee presentation. You will be asked to 
show your membership card at the audi- 
torium door for the afternoon members’ 
meeting. 
To Zambia with Norman Carr 
November 21 and 22 at 8:00 p.m. 
in the Morrison Auditorium 
Norman Carr has spent the better part of 
his life in or on the fringes of Africa’s wild- 
life sanctuaries. His career has encom- 
passed that of enthusiastic hunter to ardent 
conservationist which seems to prove an 
old saying that the best gamekeeper is a 
converted poacher. 
In Carr’s lifetime he has made valuable con- 
tributions toward the formation of several 
new wildlife reserves in Zambia and sug- 
gested important conservation projects. 
While manager of Mfuwe Lodge in South 
Luangwa National Park, Carr introduced 
the now well-known and popular ‘‘Wilder- 
ness Trails’’ — walking tours in the game 
reserve which are both educational and 
adventurous. He is the author of “The 
White Impala” and the captivating ‘Return 
to the Wild” about his trial and error efforts 
to train two lion cubs to fend for themselves. 
Special Exhibits 
The Academy is pleased to invite you to 
hear Mr. Norman Carr on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, November 21 and 22 at 
8:00 p.m. in the Morrison Auditorium. He 
will talk about his adopted country of 
Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) and 
show the film “‘“A Walk in the Sun’’. Your 
guests are welcome. 
Northern Elephant Seal Bull of the 
Farallon Islands 
The Farallon Islands continues in Hohfeld 
Gallery |, just outside the Morrison Audi- 
torium. More than 40 color photos of the 
wildlife of this rocky island group are on 
display, the work of Tupper Ansel Blake, 
naturalist photographer and writer. 
Condemned Rivers of the Mother Lode, an 
exhibit organized by Friends of the River, 
can be seen in Hohfeld Gallery Il. Explore 
the alternatives to several proposed dam 
projects for northern California and enjoy 
the historical and contemporary photos 
which tell the story. 
In the Patricia Price Peterson Gallery, 
Peruvian Textiles: A Weaver’s Art shows 
some beautiful examples from our own col- 
lection and describes the various weaving 
techniques used in ancient Peru. Down the 
hall, in the Atholl McBean Gallery, the 
photos of A. C. Vroman: “‘Shadow-Catcher” 
show the natives of the American South- 
west at the turn-of-the-century. Both shows 
through November. 
