{"product_id":"in-those-days-tales-of-arctic-whaling-paperback","title":"In Those Days: Tales of Arctic Whaling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenn Harper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this third volume of In Those Days, Harper shares stories of the rise and fall of the whaling industry in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. \u003c\/strong\u003eAt the turn of the nineteenth century, whale baleen and blubber were extremely valuable commodities, and so sailors braved the treacherous Arctic waters, risking starvation, scurvy, and death, to bring home the bounty of the North. The presence of these whalemen in the North would irrevocably alter the lives of Inuit.\u003cbr\u003e Along with first-hand accounts from journals and dozens of rare, historical photographs, this collection includes the myth of the Octavius--a ship that drifted for twelve years with a frozen crew--encounters between sailors and Inuit, tales of the harrowing hazing rituals suffered by first-time crew members, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenn Harper is a historian, writer, and linguist, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and a former member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. He is the author of the In Those Days series, Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo, and Thou Shalt Do No Murder: Inuit, Injustice, and the Canadian Arctic. \"Taissumani,\" his column on Arctic history, appears in Nunatsiaq News.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42292741046407,"sku":"9781772271799","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/fd0c953c4e3c2652d636a944701fe397.webp?v=1738051382","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/in-those-days-tales-of-arctic-whaling-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}