Hummocks: Journeys and Inquiries Among the Canadian Inuit

by Jean Malaurie

"At the margins of the floes, where their ragged edges have come into grinding contact, the ice is piled up into ridges. These are the hummocks," writes Jean Malaurie.

424 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

Jean Malaurie was a French cultural anthropologist, explorer, geographer, physicist, and writer. He and Kutsikitsoq, an Inuk, were the first two men to reach the North Geomagnetic Pole on 29 May 1951.

Jean Malaurie était un anthropologue culturel, explorateur, géographe, physicien et écrivain français. Lui et Kutsikitsoq, un Inuk, furent les deux premiers hommes à atteindre le pôle géomagnétique Nord le 29 mai 1951.