Kayakmen: Tales of Greenland's Seal Hunters by Rink, Signe

Kayakmen: Tales of Greenland's Seal Hunters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780996193849)

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Format: Paperback
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Kayakmen: Tales of Greenland's Seal Hunters by Rink, Signe

Kayakmen: Tales of Greenland's Seal Hunters

$19.95
Kayakmen: Tales of Greenland's Seal Hunters by Rink, Signe

Kayakmen: Tales of Greenland's Seal Hunters

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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Greenlanders gained reliable social entertainment from the oral retelling of their legends. With the only printed material available at the time being of Christian origin, interest grew for Greenlandic stories, leading to the formation of Atuagagdliutitthe first, and still published, periodical in the country. The stories collected in Kayakmen originally appeared there. This text represents a firsthand account of the civilization of Greenlanders depicting a true picture of their age.

Author: Signe Rink
ISBN-10: 0996193847
ISBN-13: 9780996193849
Publisher: International Polar Institute
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2016
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.20w x 0.50d
By Signe Rink
By Signe Rink
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SIGNE RINK (n?e Miller) was born in Greenland in 1836. At seventeen she was sent to Denmark to be educated. While there she met and married Johannes Rink, the geologist. Together they returned to Greenland and began many initiatives, including the first newspaper and in-depth studies of the Greenlandic culture. She is considered the first female interpreter of Greenlandic culture. TORBEN HUTCHINGS is part Danish and based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He gave up a career in chemistry to work as a freelance translator and run a small market stall.

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