Arctic Crossing: A Journey Through the Northwest Passage and Inuit Culture Book

	Introduction to The People	3
	Prologue: Along the Smoking Hills	7
Part 1	Testing the Waters
	Fiery-Looking Birds	15
	History of the Passage	22
	Inuvialuit of Shingle Point	26
	Kilalurak, the White Whale	34
	The Summer's First Sunset	41
	Into the Yukon Territory	46
	Herschel Island	53
	Pygmies Across the North Atlantic	61
	Orientation at the U.S. Border	66
	Inupiat of Alaska	70
	Kaktovik, Barter Island	78
	Re-creating the Past on Flaxman Island	82
	Omingmak, the Bearded One	88
	Point Thompson Oil Camp	92
	Barren Ground Grizzly Surprise	96
	Prudhoe Bay Finale	100
Part 2	Into the Great Solitudes
	Back to the Mackenzie	107
	The Tuktoyaktuk Oil Boom	110
	Sledding East Through Eskimo Lakes	114
	Natiq, the Ringed Seal	119
	The Hunters of Anderson River	123
	Searching for an Eskimo Curlew	136
	Battling to Cape Bathurst	140
	Eyes of a Wolf	145
	Owning Up to the Near Miss	148
	Bear Aggression	152
	Portaging the Parry Peninsula	156
	Trapped Again by the Wind	158
	The Inuvialuit of Paulatuk	166
	Fighting out of Darnley Bay	172
	Into Amundsen Gulf and Nunavut	176
	Inuit Relocations	182
	The Warning of Diamond Jenness	186
	Protected Waters of Coronation Gulf	194
	Kugluktuk, Place of Falling Waters	198
	Passage of the Swans	205
Part 3	The Polar Bear
	Gjoa Haven Winter	219
	Cambridge Bay, Nunavut	224
	Qimmiq, the Eskimo Husky	233
	Dogsleds Versus Getting Nowhere Without Engine	238
	Summer Gone Winter	265
	Hudson's Bay Company on Perry Island	276
	Humming Through Queen Maud Gulf	284
	Remains of the Franklin Expedition	290
	Sailing Along King William Island	296
	Summer's End in Gjoa Haven	301
	Peace of the Arctic	308
	The Good People of Taloyoak	314
	Ursa Major at Last	320
	Appendixes
A.	Wildlife Observations	333
B.	Canadian Arctic Cultures Timeline	337
C.	Inuktitut Syllabics	338
D.	Differing Inuktitut Dialects	339
	Bibliography	341
	Author's Note and Acknowledgments	352
	Illustration Credits	355