The Last Speaker of Bear: Encounters in the Far North

Table of Contents Preface Encounters with Northern Natives ANNIE HENRY OF THE YUKON SURVIVAL COLLECTING LORE ROSIE IQALLIJUQ, AN INTERVIEW DREAMS KILLING STORIES HUDSON AULD LANG SYNE AN EXPERT MECHANIC LONGEVITY STRANGERS ON THE TUNDRA AN ENCOUNTER WITH A QIVIQTOQ SUPPORTING ART A GREENLANDIC SOCCER MATCH LATE TO SCHOOL THE LAST WINDIGO THE LAST SPEAKER OF BEAR Encounters with Flora, Fauna, and Food FLYING IN CHUKOTKA A GRIZZLY ENCOUNTER SEAL HUNTING AVIAN INTELLECT MEETING WITH A MUSK OX THE INUIT PUJOALUK STARVATION CUISINE AN INUIT DELICACY DOG FOOD A DISH OF DEFECATION IN AN ICELANDIC FOREST STARING SESSION THE ORIGIN OF BLOODTHIRSTINESS ORNITHOLOGY IN THE YUKON STICK FIGURES Encounters with Remote Places A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE ANOTHER WALK ON THE WILD SIDE MAKING CONTACT WHERE THE DEAD MEN REST LEGENDS OF THE LOST ANOTHER MISSING PERSON A REMARKABLE PIMPLE WRANGEL ISLAND’S WONDERS LIQUID GOLD THE BIGGEST BELLY IN THE WORLD REACHING A SUMMIT FARTHEST NORTH ICELANDIC NOTES EAST GREENLAND NOTES THE BOYS OF WINTER HELL ANIMAL VIKING INVADERS A NORTHERN HOLOCAUST Encounters, Miscellaneous in Nature AN EXPEDITION CRUISE A VINTAGE ENCOUNTER COLD COMFORT REMEMBERING ELLIOTT MERRICK AT THE GRAVE OF A MORAVIAN ESKIMO CHIEFTAIN MEETING HELGI PJETURRS A HEROINE OF THE ARCTIC MEETING HALLDOR LAXNESS A RARIFIED BALLAD MURDERED BY A MADMAN A CHAT ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS SOME LIKE IT HOT THE ULTIMATE SOCIAL DISTANCER CODA: WIND BLASTED Acknowledgements