Documents stories called from oral memories of remaining Eskimo members and their descendants, acquainted with whalers who first appeared in Baffin Island, Cumberland Sound and Hudson Bay. Illustrated with drawings, photographs and artwork.
"Inuit elders who grew up in camps on the shores of Frobisher Bay can tell you what happened when Martin Frobisher arrived with his vessel in 1576: 'He fired two warning shots into the air. So right away there were some grievances.' Frobisher's shots were the opening salvos in th...