Memoir/Travel Hooper, W. H. - Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski (1853) | Hooper, W. H. - Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski (1853) |
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Author: Hooper, Lieut. W. H. Title: Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski:with Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, as far as the Mackenzie River, and Cape Bathurst Year: 1853 Publisher: London: John Murray, Albemarle Street Pages: 454 Source: Google Books Description: "One of the earliest expeditions sent in search of Franklin. The 'PLOVER' approached the Arctic Sea from the Pacific, through the Bering Strait and following the coast eastward. Hooper and Pullen's party made their way as far eastward as the Mackenzie River, which they ascended. Hooper wintered (1849-50) near Bear Lake, and close to Fort Franklin; Pullen at Fort Simpson. After returning again to the mouth of the River and Fort Simpson, where they wintered the next year, they returned overland through Canada to England. Hooper includes in his narrative detailed descriptions of the life, customs, dwellings, clothing, beliefs etc. of the Mackenzie Esquimaux and Indians, the North Alaska Esquimaux and especially the 'Tuski' of the Chukotsk Peninsula, gathered during his ten months in the northeastern tip of Asia bordering on the Bering Strait" (Biblio.com). External Link | Download PDF (8.3 MB)
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