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IN his fifty years of experience of the Eskimo, Mr. Whittaker has seen many changes. In that period much of their traditional mode of life has passed away, while in other respects, although superficially there has been little modification, conditions have altered fundamentally. To mention one instance only, though one that is most important for the future of the race, the scarcity of game has adversely affected hunting and trapping activities, and had not the Canadian Government intervened, the situation would have been parlous indeed.
Arctic Eskimo:
a Record of Fifty Years' Experience and Observation among the Eskimo. By C. E. Whittaker. Pp. 260 + 16 plates. (London: Seeley, Service and Co., Ltd., n.d.) 16s. net.
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Arctic Eskimo. Nature 142, 978 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142978a0
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