A man in Inuit winter clothing dragging a hunted seal
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Record information A man in Inuit winter clothing dragging a hunted seal
Date:1961Reference:Box number: 86Item no. (creator):98397Type of material:PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:4950007Date(s):1961Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:CanadaExtent:1 photograph : b&w negative.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Photograph taken in Canada. NFB Photo Story: Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- Conqueror of Canadian Arctic.Additional name(s):Additional information:Source of title:Title based on the following caption from the NFB Photo Story: Stefansson, author of My Life with the Eskimo and The Friendly Arctic, demonstrated that the Arctic can be a comfortable and completely sustaining environment by almost singlehandedly supplying his various expeditions with meat. How to hunt seals, how to shoot a herd of 27 caribou with 27 shots -- all are detailed in his books. Photo above is typical of his role as last of the great explorers before the advent of the aeroplane. On three expeditions to the Arctic, Stef found new land, mapped old, went where even the Eskimo dared not go.Source:GovernmentOther accession no.:1971-271 NPC -
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