William Barr Books
From Barrow to Boothia
"Peter Dease's journal, reproduced in full, is supplemented by a brief introduction to each section and detailed annotations that clarify and elaborate the text. By including relevant correspondenc...
Read MoreFranz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884
By Franz Boas
In the summer of 1883, Franz Boas, widely regarded as one of the fathers of Inuit anthropology, sailed from Germany to Baffin Island to spend a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound. This was hi...
Read MoreOverland to Starvation Cove
By Heinrich W. Klutschak, Heinrich Klutschak
Translation of "Als Eskimo unter den Eskimos: eine Schilderung der Erlebnisse der Schwatka'schen Franklin-Aufsuchungs-Expedition in den Jahren 1878-1880" published by A. Hartleben Verlag, Vienna 18...
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