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Nurse At the Top of the World
The adventures of a young Canadian nurse who lived and worked for several years in the Canadian Arctic, providing health care to the Inuit people.
The stories you are about the read took place more than forty years ago; before Anik satellite, when Iqaluit was Frobisher Bay, Inuit were Eskimo, and there was still the Eastern Arctic and the Western Arctic. The law had just been changed to allow for birth control teaching and Ampicillan came on the market. The Aboriginal people had no Diabetes, there was no HIV, the cold war was still raging, and man had not yet walked on the moon.
The stories you are about the read took place more than forty years ago; before Anik satellite, when Iqaluit was Frobisher Bay, Inuit were Eskimo, and there was still the Eastern Arctic and the Western Arctic. The law had just been changed to allow for birth control teaching and Ampicillan came on the market. The Aboriginal people had no Diabetes, there was no HIV, the cold war was still raging, and man had not yet walked on the moon.
First published June 30, 2010
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March 19, 2020
A wonderful recounting of personal stories. Reads like a diary. Definitely recommend to anyone in the medical field.
November 18, 2013
A wonderful memoir of a nurse's experience in the mid 60's at Tuktoyaktuk, NT. Alcott's humour and positive can-do attitude in this remote village and her love for the northerners she meets makes for a lovely book.
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