Roundtrip : The Inuit Crew of the Jean Revillon

Michelle Daveluy

ISBN 10: 1896445470 / ISBN 13: 9781896445472

Published by University Of Alberta Press Jan 2009, 2009

About this Item

Neuware - Stuck in the ice-pack during the winter of 1924-25, the Jean Revillon needed repair and a crew to make it back to its hauling location at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. And so, in 1925, Lionel Angotegoar, Athanasie Angutitaq, Louis Tapatai, and Savikataaq from the central Canadian Arctic manned the ship from Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), in contemporary Nunavut, to southern Canada. Having brought the ship to safe harbour, they spent the winter in the South and returned home the next spring. In relating their experience on their return they provided first-hand accounts of life in the South. Various points-of-view contribute to the broadest possible understanding of the journey, since the Inuit sailors, the Revillon family and the people associated with the shipbuilding industry or the fur trade were involved in the trip per se to various degrees.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Roundtrip : The Inuit Crew of the Jean Revillon
• Publisher: University Of Alberta Press Jan 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1896445470
• ISBN 13: 9781896445472
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 170H x 10D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 386 grams

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Synopsis

Stuck in the ice-pack during the winter of 1924-25, the Jean Revillon needed repair and a crew to make it back to its hauling location at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. And so, in 1925, Lionel Angotegoar, Athanasie Angutitaq, Louis Tapatai, and Savikataaq from the central Canadian Arctic manned the ship from Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), in contemporary Nunavut, to southern Canada. Having brought the ship to safe harbour, they spent the winter in the South and returned home the next spring. In relating their experience on their return they provided first-hand accounts of life in the South. Various points-of-view contribute to the broadest possible understanding of the journey, since the Inuit sailors, the Revillon family and the people associated with the shipbuilding industry or the fur trade were involved in the trip per se to various degrees.

About the Author

Fascinated by languages, Michelle Daveluy discovered sociolinguistics and the anthropology of language. Outside Quebec, she is interested in Nunavut and language issues in the workplace. She is part of the research team for the Inuit Leadership and Governance project in Nunavut and Nunavik.