Description: Hardcover. Small 8vo. American Sunday-School Union, Philadelphia, PA. 1859. 245 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Bound in textured blue cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (corners and extremities bumped and rubbed) Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Table of contents and preface are torn and missing half of the pages. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A biography of Hans Hendrik (1834-1889), a Greenland Eskimo who participated in the arctic expeditions of Elisha Kent Kane, Isaac I. Hayes, Charles Francis Hall, George S. Nares, and Adolf E. Nordenskiold. Hans Hendrik (c.?1834 – 11 August 1889), also known by his native name Suersaq, was a Kalaallit Arctic explorer and interpreter, and the first Inuk to publish an account of his travels. He was born in the southern settlement of Fiskernæs. Hans and his Northern Home American Sunday School Union Description Up For Sale Today is Hans and His Northern Home Hardcover. Small 8vo. American Sunday-School Union, Philadelphia, PA. 1859. 245 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Bound in textured blue cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (corners and extremities bumped and rubbed) Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Table of contents and preface are torn and missing half of the pages. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A biography of Hans Hendrik (1834-1889), a Greenland Eskimo who participated in the arctic expeditions of Elisha Kent Kane, Isaac I. Hayes, Charles Francis Hall, George S. Nares, and Adolf E. Nordenskiold; FROM WIKIPEDIA: Hans Hendrik (c.?1834 – 11 August 1889), also known by his native name Suersaq, was a Kalaallit Arctic explorer and interpreter, and the first Inuk to publish an account of his travels. He was born in the southern settlement of Fiskernæs. Hendrik was hired by the American explorer Elisha Kent Kane for the 1853–1855 second Grinnell expedition to search for the lost Franklin expedition. He established his worth in the winter of 1854, when participating in a search for four of the men who were lying frozen and disabled somewhere northwest of the ship, which was beset in the ice in Rensellaer Bay. Hendrik located their sledge track, which brought the rescue party to the men. He also assisted with communication with the local Inuit, and was instrumental in hunting efforts, including tracking and finding a wounded caribou in February 1855 when the men were beginning to starve and show signs of scurvy. It was due to Henrik's ability and effort that the important sledging journey to Cape Constitution was completed. For these efforts, Hendrik's agreed upon salary was two barrels of flour and fifty-two pounds of salt pork. After the Grinnell expedition, Hendrik returned to Qeqertarsuatsiaat, in western Greenland, where he married. In a report submitted by Sir Francis Leopold McClintock on 21 September 1859, near the conclusion of his own expedition in search of Franklin, it was reported by the Inut near Cape York that Hans was residing at 'Whale Sound'. Hendrik made his second northern voyage aboard the United States under Isaac Israel Hayes' American expedition of 1860–1861. At the end of August 1860, Hayes touched at Cape York and picked up Hans, his wife, and child. On 21 December, Hans and Sonntag began their ice journey, from which Sonntag did not return, after which Hans eventually reached an Inuit settlement, saving his own life. The ship reached to Upernavik on 15 August 1861, near which Hendrik and his small family would remain for the next three years. Following that, they returned to Fiskernaes. Hendrik's third journey on the Polaris expedition of 1871–1873, led by Charles Francis Hall under Captain Budington. Hans joined the voyage, along with his wife and four children. Hall died during the voyage of apoplexy on 8 November 1871. Hendrik was among the party left behind after Hall's death when the Polaris broke loose of the ice and failed to return. During the party's six-month drift on a gradually-shrinking ice-floe, Hendrik and the Canadian Inuk Ebierbing managed to provide food for the entire party; they were eventually picked up by a sealer in April 1873. Following this journey, Hendrik made a trip to America, including visits to Washington D.C. and New York, before returning home to Fiskernaes. Hendrik's last sea voyage was under George Strong Nares in the British Arctic expedition of 1875–1876. Hendrik presumably joined the crew of HMS Alert at Smith's Sound before proceeding to the northernmost reaches of Greenland. The expedition encountered problems with pack ice and scurvy, spending one winter locked in the ice. Hendrik's hunting and handling of dogsleds contributed both to the exploration and the survival and ultimate rescue of the most of the crew. Hendrik retired from expedition support and worked as boatswain and laborer at the Greenland settlements. His arctic journeys made him wealthy by the standards of his community. OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. We understand that you have more choices than ever to buy books, so we strive to provide the best service, accurate descriptions, the cheapest shipping and the best customer service in the realm of bookselling. Thank you for visiting this listing and we hope to see you again soon! 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Binding: Hardcover
Character Family: Inuit Explorer
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA
Publisher: American Sunday-School Union
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Hans and His Northern Home, Hans Hendrik, Suersaq, Kalaallit Arctic explorer, first Inuk to publish an account of his travels
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Topic: Hans and His Northern Home
Year Printed: 1859
