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How I Survived
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- Book Synopsis
- After his snowmobile breaks down halfway across the sea ice on a trip back from a fishing camp, Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he leaned on to stay alive. This harrowing first-person account of four nights spent on the open sea ice**x2014;with few supplies and no water**x2014;shows young readers the determination and strength necessary to survive in the harsh Arctic climate, even when the worst occurs.
- About The Author
- Serapio Ittusardjuat was born in a qarmaq (sod house) at Akunniq (between Sanirajak and Igloolik, Nunavut) on February 1, 1945. He went to residential school in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, and Fort Churchill, Manitoba. He studied art, jewellery making, and metalwork at the Ottawa School of Art and Nunavut Arctic College, and was a certified journeyman mechanic. Serapio came from a long line of walrus hunters. He organized walrus hunts from his summer camp every year. He also went caribou hunting with family and friends.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781772274264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Inhabit Media, (24 October 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 48
- Weight
- 420 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 248 x 184 x 8 mm
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