The book was written in the 80's I believe, so in that respect it is a bit dated.  However, the experiences and feelings he writes about almost mirror what we are seeing and feeling.  Now this is the big city by comparison to Ambler, the village he lives in, and he is a lot more active and athletic than we are, but again the experiences are the same.  He also presents some history and culture lessons.  Hope you enjoy it.  And by the way when you read about Anuktuvuk pass-anuk literally means, sh--, crap, feces---fill in the blank and tuvuk means caribou. Caribou crap pass.  Kinda self explanatory don't you think?  There is a village there that is the only one in the artic not located on a river or body of water.  When the elders (60 and over) are in the hospital they will say anuk for stool and nuvuk for nasal drainage (snot).  Also adee means multiple things like pain, not good, startled or anything bad. Utuku means small.  Taiku is Inuipiat for thank you.  So much for today's grammar lesson-can't say English lesson.

      My fingers sometimes have a mind of their own.

                                                                                                                                                       Have a good day,

                                                                                                                                                       Carlo

                         (Talking about a book written by Nick Jans about his experiences on coming to North West Alaska.)

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