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Title

Inuit and whalers on Baffin Island through German eyes : Wilhelm Weike's Arctic journal and letters (1883-1884) / [edited and annotated by] Ludger Müller-Wille and Bernd Gieseking ; translated by William Barr.

Author

Weike, Wilhelm, 1859-1917

Publication

Montréal : Baraka Books, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barr, William, 1940-
• Müller-Wille, Ludger
• Gieseking, Bernd

Description

284 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports.; 23 cm.

Summary

Told from an ordinary man's perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas-the father of modern anthropology-on his journey to the arctic from 1883 to 1884. This extraordinary document of early arctic history provides a plain, direct view of the Inuit and the whalers in their arctic environment at the end of the 19th century. With invaluable contextual and complementary information, this book contributes key insights during the recent wave of scientific assessment of Franz Boas's legacy in all social sciences.

Uniform Title

Bei Inuit und Walfängern auf Baffin-Land (1883/1884). English

Alternative Title

Bei Inuit und Walfängern auf Baffin-Land (1883/1884).

Subject

• Weike, Wilhelm, 1859-1917 > Travel > Nunavut > Baffin Island
• Weike, Wilhelm, 1859-1917 > Diaries
• Weike, Wilhelm, 1859-1917 > Correspondence
• Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 > Travel > Nunavut > Baffin Island
• Weike, Wilhelm, 1859-1917 > Voyages > Nunavut > Baffin, Île de
• Weike, Wilhelm, 1859-1917 > Journal intime
• Weike, Wilhelm, 1859-1917 > Correspondance
• Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 > Voyages > Nunavut > Baffin, Île de
• Eskimo
• 1800-1899
• Inuit > Nunavut > Baffin Island > Social life and customs > 19th century
• Whaling ships > Nunavut > Baffin Island > History > 19th century
• Inuits > Nunavut > Baffin, Île de > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle
• Baleiniers > Nunavut > Baffin, Île de > Histoire > 19e siècle
• Baffin Island (Nunavut) > Social life and customs > 19th century
• Baffin Island (Nunavut) > Description and travel
• Baffin, Île de (Nunavut) > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle
• Baffin, Île de (Nunavut) > Descriptions et voyages

Genre/Form

• Diaries
• History
• Personal correspondence

Note

• Translation of: Bei Inuit und Walfängern auf Baffin-Land (1883/1884).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-279) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: Wilhelm Weike with Franz Boas among Inuit and whalers -- duties and chronicling -- PART I -- WILHELM WEIKE Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-1884) -- Preparations and voyage on board the Germania (June 10 to August 27, 1883); June 1883; July 1883; August 1883; About sea and ice -- Letters from on board the Germania [29] (July 6 to August 26) -- Among Inuit, whalers, and polar researchers (August 28 to September 16); September 1883 -- Boat trips and hikes (17 September to 22 October).
• From an alien world -- Letters from Qeqerten (August 28 to September 25) October 1883 -- Life and death at Qeqerten (October 23 to December 10); November 1883; December 1883 -- On the ice and in iglus [igloo, igloos] in Cumberland Sound (11 December 1883 to 7 January 1884); January 1884 -- Frostbite and recovery at Qeqerten (January 8 to April 10); February 1884; March 1884; April 1884 -- By dog team over Kingnait Pass and along Davis Strait (April 11 to July 18); May 1884; June 1884; July 1884 -- Waiting for the whaling ships at Qivitung (July 19 to August 24); August 1884.
• Homeward voyage on board the Wolf (August 25 to September 1) September 1884 -- Back in Germany- Correspondence with Franz Boas (1884-1889) -- PART 2 -- WILHELM WEIKE Life in Germany and on Baffin Island (1859-1917) -- Youth in Haverstadt and servant in the Boas household in Minden (1859-1883) -- Franz Boas-German polar research and expedition to Baffin Island (1882-1884) -- Wilhelm Weike's writings-journal and letters (1883-1889) -- People and Places in the Canadian Arctic (August 1883 to September 1884) [Northern Canada] -- Peoples-Inuit, Qallunaat (whalers and Germans) -- Arctic environment -- Daily life -- Health and illness.
• Insights into Inuit culture -- Alcohol-the questionable drink of the Qallunaat -- Return to Minden-readjusting and marriage (October 1884 to December 1885) -- Move to and life in Berlin (1886-1917) -- Messages to and from Baffin Island (1884-1886) -- Wilhelm Weike through Franz Boas' eyes -- The Inuit and the Arctic -- the Boasian enigma -- And who was Wilhelm Weike?

ISBN

• 9781926824116 (pbk.)
• 1926824113 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2011459739

OCLC

• 748089004
• SCSB-10738795

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library