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1368043The Inuit Way: A Journey across Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelagohttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-inuit-way-a-journey-across-greenland-and-the-canadian-arctic-archipelago/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1066557/b4c38d07-9b05-47c5-bd4e-5e3dc930de14.jpg?v=638337304264170000247290MXNBradt Travel Guides LtdInStock/Ebooks/<p>The Inuit Way is a mesmerising take on polar travel by explorer and award-winning researcher Edward Cooper. It is a gripping account of the authors travels across northwest Greenland, where he spent several months living and hunting with the Inuit. From there, Cooper and teammate venture across the sea ice on to the Canadian Arctic islands. Here, Coopers quest is to track down a note left by David Haig-Thomas, a British Arctic explorer, nearly a hundred years previously.</p><p>Suffering from snow blindness and frostbite, Fighting off hungry polar bears, surrounded by the white wolves of Ellesmere Island, Edward Cooper and teammate, who was suffering from snow blindness and frostbite, discover a land steeped in culture and history.</p><p>Part travelogue, part adventure and part history, this is a thrilling polar travel narrative that offers insights into the people that live in the Arctic year-round. Meet Mikael, a young Inuit hunter who sleeps in a small tent on the sea ice, and fishes for halibut during the winter months. Join Cooper in watching Inuit hunters coach crack teams of dogs across the ice in the years first dog race. Get to know a former Danish drug smuggler turned hunter. Experience the realities of Arctic life - drinking water carved from icebergs by giant trucks, and the constraints imposed on sanitation by permafrost and freezing temperatures. And journey with Cooper on a life-endangering expedition, where he falls through a crack in the ice into icy waters while watching his teammate continue onwards, oblivious to danger.</p><p>Reflecting on his experience, Cooper appraises Haig-Thomass legacy from his time in Greenland, and considers how life has evolved for Inuit families across the following century. Above all, Cooper sensitively discusses Greenland as a litmus test for a world that is evolving geopolitically and through climate change. The Inuit Way is a fascinating book that will be enjoyed by intrepid travellers, adventure junkies, polar enthusiasts, and armchair or real-life explorers as well as people interested in the environment, fishing or indigenous communities.</p>...1354898The Inuit Way: A Journey across Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago247290https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-inuit-way-a-journey-across-greenland-and-the-canadian-arctic-archipelago/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1066557/b4c38d07-9b05-47c5-bd4e-5e3dc930de14.jpg?v=638337304264170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229781784779702_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_<p>The Inuit Way is a mesmerising take on Polar travel by explorer and award-winning researcher Edward Cooper. It is a gripping account of the authors travels across northwest Greenland, where he spent several months living and hunting with the Inuit. From there, Cooper and teammate venture across the sea ice on to the Canadian Arctic islands. Here, Coopers quest is to track down a note left by David Haig-Thomas, a British Arctic explorer, nearly a hundred years previously.</p><p>Suffering from snow blindness and frostbite, fighting off hungry polar bears, surrounded by the white wolves of Ellesmere Island, Edward Cooper and teammate discover a land steeped in culture and history.</p><p>Part travelogue, part adventure and part history, this is a thrilling Polar travel narrative that offers insights into the people that live in the Arctic year-round. Meet Aqpaa, a young Inuit hunter who sleeps in a small tent on the sea ice, and fishes for halibut during the winter months. Join Cooper in watching Inuit hunters coach crack teams of dogs across the ice in the years first dog race. Get to know a former Danish drug smuggler turned hunter. Experience the realities of Arctic life - drinking water carved from icebergs by giant trucks, and the constraints imposed on sanitation by permafrost and freezing temperatures. And journey with Cooper on a life-endangering expedition, where he falls through a crack in the ice into icy waters while watching his teammate continue onwards, oblivious to danger.</p><p>Reflecting on his experience, Cooper appraises Haig-Thomass legacy from his time in Greenland, and considers how life has evolved for Inuit families across the following century. Above all, Cooper sensitively discusses Greenland as a litmus test for a world that is evolving geopolitically and through climate change. The Inuit Way is a fascinating book that will be enjoyed by intrepid travellers, adventure junkies, Polar enthusiasts, and armchair or real-life explorers as well as people interested in the environment, fishing or indigenous communities.</p>...(*_*)9781784779702_<p>The Inuit Way is a mesmerising take on polar travel by explorer and award-winning researcher Edward Cooper. It is a gripping account of the authors travels across northwest Greenland, where he spent several months living and hunting with the Inuit. From there, Cooper and teammate venture across the sea ice on to the Canadian Arctic islands. Here, Coopers quest is to track down a note left by David Haig-Thomas, a British Arctic explorer, nearly a hundred years previously.</p><p>Suffering from snow blindness and frostbite, Fighting off hungry polar bears, surrounded by the white wolves of Ellesmere Island, Edward Cooper and teammate, who was suffering from snow blindness and frostbite, discover a land steeped in culture and history.</p><p>Part travelogue, part adventure and part history, this is a thrilling polar travel narrative that offers insights into the people that live in the Arctic year-round. Meet Mikael, a young Inuit hunter who sleeps in a small tent on the sea ice, and fishes for halibut during the winter months. Join Cooper in watching Inuit hunters coach crack teams of dogs across the ice in the years first dog race. Get to know a former Danish drug smuggler turned hunter. Experience the realities of Arctic life - drinking water carved from icebergs by giant trucks, and the constraints imposed on sanitation by permafrost and freezing temperatures. And journey with Cooper on a life-endangering expedition, where he falls through a crack in the ice into icy waters while watching his teammate continue onwards, oblivious to danger.</p><p>Reflecting on his experience, Cooper appraises Haig-Thomass legacy from his time in Greenland, and considers how life has evolved for Inuit families across the following century. Above all, Cooper sensitively discusses Greenland as a litmus test for a world that is evolving geopolitically and through climate change. The Inuit Way is a fascinating book that will be enjoyed by intrepid travellers, adventure junkies, polar enthusiasts, and armchair or real-life explorers as well as people interested in the environment, fishing or indigenous communities.</p>...9781784779702_Bradt Travel Guides Ltdlibro_electonico_c4716b81-80eb-31dd-a4c9-ff0b1cf94e17_9781784779702;9781784779702_9781784779702Edward CooperInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/directebooks-epub-f1feecac-9455-4ffe-b95e-d90db8cc0374.epub2022-11-11T00:00:00+00:00Bradt Travel Guides Ltd