 | When the Whalers Were Up North: Inuit Memories from the Eastern Arctic Subjects: Whaling -- Canada Northern -- History; Inuit -- Canada -- Hunting -- History; Inuit -- Canada -- History; Canada Northern -- History; During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, whaling vessels from Britain and America plied their trade in great numbers in the waters off the Eastern Arctic of North America. The heyday of whaling has, until now, been documented solely from the perspective of the whalers, never from the viewpoint of the Inuit, whose lives were touched - and sometimes destroyed - by their presence. Here, finally, is a rich view from from the perspective of the Inuit, who welcomed the whalers and served on their crews. Eber Dorothy Harley : Dorothy Harley Eber is the author of Pitseolak: Pictures Out of My Life, When the Whalers Were Up North: Inuit Memories from the Eastern Arctic and, with Peter Pitseolak, People from Our Side: A Life Story With Photographs and Oral Biography. She lives in Dorothy Harley Eber is a Montreal writer with a special interest in documentary reportage, oral history, and historical photography. She is the author of Pitseolak: Pictures Out of My Life and Genius at Work: Images of Alexander Graham Bell, and is co-author with Inuit writer and photographer Peter Pitseolak of People from Our Side. |
