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Version française de ce texte The week of January 10 to 16, 2021, marks the 140th anniversary of the death, in Paris, of five Labrador Inuit including Abraham Ulrikab. For those unfamiliar with Abraham’s story, he was one of a group of eight who were recruited in Labrador in August 1880 to be exhibited […]
English version of this text La semaine du 10 au 16 janvier 2021 marque le 140e anniversaire du décès, à Paris, de cinq Inuits du Labrador dont Abraham Ulrikab. Pour ceux qui ne sont pas familiers avec l’histoire d’Abraham, ce dernier faisait partie d’un groupe de huit personnes qui ont été recrutées au […]
Hello everyone, After four years in the making, the second edition of Voyage with the Labrador Eskimos, 1880-1881 is finally out! From its initial 86 pages, the book has been expanded to no less than… 300 pages! Cover – Second edition – Voyage With the Labrador Eskimos, 1880-1881. The first edition consisted of the […]
Hello, On Thursday, November 30, more than 80 people gathered at Memorial University’s Marine Institute in St. John’s to attend the Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society‘s Gilbert Higgins Lecture, an annual event co-sponsored by the Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives. The audience consisted of members of […]
Hello! For the last week, Rozanne Enerson Junker and I have been working with designers from the 99designs platform to come up with the cover for Rozanne’s new book Renatus’ Kayak: A Labrador Inuk, an American G.I. and a Secret World War II Weather Station. The book, to be officially launched on November 30, 2017, […]
Good day, I am so excited and proud to tell you about the “Germany and Canada: Partners from Immigration to Innovation” exhibit that just opened last night in Ottawa. The exhibit is being presented by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, and its many partners, to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary. It is located […]
Hello! From February 27 to March 3, 2017, the Université du Québec à Montréal was the host of the second International Week of the Arctic and Antarctic Observatory of Southern and Northern Societies and Cultures, an initiative of the Universidad del Salvador, the Université du Québec à Montréal, the University of Iceland, the Universidad Nacional […]
Hello everyone, To my astonishment, about two weeks ago, I received an email from Richard Burton, up in Prophet River, British Columbia, telling me that he believed he was the great-great-grandson of Abraham Ulrikab. Richard had just been made aware of Abraham’s story by his father Andrew who had heard about the book In the […]
(English version of this text) Bonjour, Depuis quelques années, tous les mercredis, j’admire les photos de glace (#icephotos) affichées sur Twitter. Eh bien! Suite à mes deux récents voyages au-delà du 50e parallèle, je crois maintenant avoir suffisamment de photos portant sur des sujets “glacés” pour commencer à en afficher une à mon tour tous […]
(version française de ce texte) Hello, For the last few years, every Wednesday, I’ve been admiring ice photos (#icephotos) being posted on Twitter. Well! With this summer’s two trips above the 50th parallel, I now feel that I have sufficient photos of icy subjects to start posting one every Wednesday. To kick things off, here […]
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