Author: the National Geographic Society,
Title: The Friendly Arctic: the story of five years in polar regions.
Description: NY, Macmillan, 1922. 1st ed thus. VG. Preface by Stefansson, commander of expedition, who explains that he is an anthropologist by profession & he started his work. to learn whatever he could about the Eskimos. During 5-6 years of continuous residence he learned that the Eskimos resemble an uninstructed peasantry with a large measure of native intelligence lying fallow, lacking opportunities of instruction and development.the Eskimos are honest and intelligent but have a higher percentage of unfounded beliefs than any white people with whom I have associated. Navy blue binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear. Two maps in back pocket: Discoveries in the Arctic Sea (Positions deduced and mapped) in black & white & Discoveries in the Arctic Sea 1913-18 (tears) in color.

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