tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post5029341164988184668..comments2024-03-27T16:13:21.245-07:00Comments on Bob McKerrow - Wayfarer: Axing the Walrus at forty belowBob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-70989686110844542512013-04-29T23:42:12.011-07:002013-04-29T23:42:12.011-07:00Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and...Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wished to say that I've truly enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case I'll be subscribing to <br />your feed and I hope you write again soon!<br /><br />Look at my webpage - <a href="http://5ftfashionista.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/glowing-skin-for-spring/comment-page-1/" rel="nofollow">Deloras</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-72883072018068584282012-07-30T05:06:27.624-07:002012-07-30T05:06:27.624-07:00I saw really much useful information above!I saw really much useful information above!sitehttp://www.moodle.ateneum.edu.pl/user/view.php?id=18612&course=1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-778257895043099602009-05-07T02:30:00.000-07:002009-05-07T02:30:00.000-07:00Hi Robb,
Yes the sledge lashings were the same t...Hi Robb, <br /><br />Yes the sledge lashings were the same type as the old sledgees, but the wood was stronger through being laminated, and we used a nylon type cord instead of strips of seal skin.<br /><br />I have tasted seal, walrus and caribou. Give me caribouu any day, for the others are too oily.<br /><br />It's been a good week. Spent a morning in an orphange with over a hundred children this morning. A moving experience and so good to see them well cared for thanks to the local branch of the Indonesian Red Cross.<br />Enjo the weekend that is coming up. BobBob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-78503584632814292372009-05-07T00:29:00.000-07:002009-05-07T00:29:00.000-07:00Kia ora Bob,
I love the elegant simplicity of tha...Kia ora Bob,<br /> I love the elegant simplicity of that Inuit poem. So much there with so few words. Something to strive for.<br /> The sledge lashing reads as very interesting, was it the same style and material as the old expeditions, and is it a difficult skill to master? Did you ever try walrus meat yourself? I recall a lot of the indiginous people in Alaska, and no doubt elsewhere, creating a favoured dish by basically fermenting walrus meat until well and truly ripe.<br /> Hope your week was a good one Bob.<br />Cheers,<br />RobbRuahineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398484733805119294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-75921196097951740002009-05-06T15:30:00.000-07:002009-05-06T15:30:00.000-07:00Dear JamieGood to hear from you again. From readin...Dear JamieGood to hear from you again. From reading and living with Inuit, I can say they had their territories with places to catch, seal, walrus, artic char, whale etc. But there were the famines, and they would move to find better hunting grounds. believe it or not, one of the world experts on the Inuit is a New Zealander named Diamond Jenness. From 1911 to 1912 he was Oxford Scholar in eastern Papua-New Guinea, studying a little-known group of aboriginal people. He then served as an ethnologist with the Canadian Arctic Expedition from 1913 to 1916 under the leadership of both Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson. His detailed studies of the Copper Inuit around Coronation Gulf, and of other Arctic native people, helped establish him. Although most of his time thereafter was devoted to Indian studies (and administrative duties), he soon identified two very important prehistoric Eskimo cultures: the Dorset in Canada (in 1925) and the Old Bering Sea culture in Alaska (in 1926), for which he later was named "Father of Eskimo Archaeology." Here are some references if you want to read more about an amazing kiwi anthropologist.<br /><br />Arctic Odyssey: Diary of Diamond Jenness, 1913-1916 Jenness' detailed diary while he was with the Canadian Arctic Expedition. It was edited by his son Stuart and published in 1991. <br />Through Darkening Spectacles: Memoirs of Diamond Jenness (2008). In this book, Stuart Jenness augmented Jenness' last manuscript into a quasi-biography. <br /><br />Take care Jamie. BobBob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-66292257751480053892009-05-06T13:31:00.000-07:002009-05-06T13:31:00.000-07:00Nice image Bob, chopping up a frozen Walrus!
Do y...Nice image Bob, chopping up a frozen Walrus!<br /><br />Do you know how far north the Inuit would have travelled to hunt? I guess they probably had their great explorers and explorer myths like other cultures. <br /><br />My ignorance is complete here, maybe Wikipedia will help me out.<br /><br />Take care<br /><br />JamieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602741689946125871noreply@blogger.com