Under Polaris: An Arctic Quest de Washburn, Tahoe Talbot - 1999

Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1999, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Review Copy slip laid in.

University of Washington Press, February 1999. First. Hardcover . Used - fine/Fine. First Edition. Signed by author on title page. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Dust jacket now protected in removable mylar.

Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. NF. 1999. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket. . 9.35 X 6.33 X 0.94 inches. 247 pages. Inscribed by author on half title page. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999. First edition. With numerous b.& w. photographs and maps, glossary, bibliography and index. The author and her husband first visited the Arctic in 1938. The journals she kept over the next three years form the basis for this book. The Washburns traveled the coastal areas of Victoria and King William Islands by boat and dog team, and flew over them in single engine planes. Their companions included native Inuit, Hudson's Bay Company employees, Canadian government workers, and Catholic and Anglican missionaries. A Fine "as new" hardcover copy in a Fine flawless dustwrapper..

Seattle : University of Washington Press (1999), 1999. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 247 pages; Description: xii, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Notes: A McLellan bookIncludes bibliographical references (p. 236) and index. Subjects: Washburn, Tahoe Talbot --Diaries --Inuit --Victoria Island (Nunavut and N.W.T.) --Nunavut --King William Island --Social life and customs --King William Island (Nunavut) --Description and travel. Summary: Washburn made a concerted effort to learn the survival skills of the Inuit women and to understand their lives. The process of making caribou skin clothing for herself and her husband is described with great clarity and humour. Though not sharing their language, she sat with More...the women while they worked, quietly imitating their actions as they… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of Washington Pr, 1999-02-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!