Inuit Wayfinding - English Edition

Before maps, compasses, and GPS, Inuit used observation and experience to find their way in the Arctic. This book describes some of the traditional methods Inuit traditionally used to navigate on the land and sea, including using the sun and stars and looking carefully at snowdrifts. Quotations from Elders preserve this knowledge for future generations.

About the author

John MacDonald spent most of his working life in the Canadian Arctic, including twenty-five years as co-ordinator of the Igloolik Research Centre in Igloolik, Nunavut, where he worked closely with Inuit elders participating in the community’s oral history project. He is the author of The Arctic Sky and co-editor of The Hands’ Measure (Nunavut Arctic College Media), a work highlighting the urgency of recording and documenting Indigenous oral histories and traditional knowledge.

Summary

Before maps, compasses, and GPS, Inuit used observation and experience to find their way in the Arctic. This book describes some of the traditional methods Inuit traditionally used to navigate on the land and sea, including using the sun and stars and looking carefully at snowdrifts. Quotations from Elders preserve this knowledge for future generations.

Foreword

Co-op available. Finished copies available December 2020.

Product details

• Authors: John MacDonald
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2022
• EAN: 9781774500828
• ISBN: 978-1-77450-082-8
• No. of pages: 30
• Dimensions: 204 mm x 254 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 248 g
• Illustrations: Full-colour photographs throughout, Raster, farbig
• Series: Nunavummi Reading Series; Nunavummi
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > German; Nunavut, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Astronomy, JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Polar Regions, JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Canada / Indigenous