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Ten Months among the Tents of the Tuski William Hulme Hooper

Ten Months among the Tents of the Tuski By William Hulme Hooper

Ten Months among the Tents of the Tuski by William Hulme Hooper


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The short life of naval officer William Hulme Hooper (1827-1854) was defined by the three years he spent in the Arctic in 1848-51. Published in 1853, this illustrated account of his travels offers detailed descriptions of the Bering Sea region and the way of life of the indigenous Chukchi people.

Ten Months among the Tents of the Tuski Summary

Ten Months among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, As Far As the Mackenzie River, and Cape Bathurst by William Hulme Hooper

In the middle of the nineteenth century, British Arctic exploration became defined by the search for the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin, who had in fact perished in desperate circumstances in 1847. As a newly qualified naval officer, William Hulme Hooper (1827-54) took part in one of the many expeditions which sought to find Franklin. Embarking in 1848, the crew of HMS Plover spent three winters in the Arctic, with tragic consequences for Hooper's health. On his return, perhaps realising time was short, he wrote this illustrated account of his travels, and saw it published the year before he died at the age of only twenty-seven. The work is of particular interest because of its detailed descriptions of the Bering Sea region, Alaska and the Canadian Arctic. Especially noteworthy are the observations on the way of life of the indigenous Chukchi people, whom Hooper called 'Tuski'.

Table of Contents

Dedication; Part I: 1. Long absence of the Erebus and Terror; 2. Notices of visits to Tchutski; 3. Tuski not Tchutski; 4. Kaygwan; 5. Welcome little stranger; 6. Friends; 7. Mooldooyah's hospitality; 8. Journey towards East Cape; 9. Woman's care; 10. Way to manage natives; 11. Vexatious detention; 12. A Tuski feast; 13. Matricide, a deed of horror; Part II: 14. Arrive in Kotzebue Sound; 15. Take to whale-boats and oomiak; 16. Lion reef; 17. Horrible Esquimaux attack; 18. Gastronomy; 19. Christmas festivities; 20. Leave Fort Simpson; 21. Return voyage; 22. New Year's Day festival; 23. Running a rapid.

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NLS9781108070836
9781108070836
1108070833
Ten Months among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, As Far As the Mackenzie River, and Cape Bathurst by William Hulme Hooper
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Cambridge University Press
2014-03-20
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