Mowat, Farley

From 1930 until her final voyage in 1948, the stalwart tug's dangerous job was to rescue sinking ships, first searching for them in perilous waters and then bringing them back to shore.

Contains a collection of short stories, legends, and fables from the Arctic North, each offering insight into the land and its people and capturing the essential mystery of the Arctic and Inuit folklore.

Canadian author Farley Mowat chronicles his youth from 1933-1937 when he discovered the Canadian wilderness and started to take an interest in writing.

Presents a true story of the author's attempts to save a rare fin whale that was trapped in a saltwater lagoon.

Describes two summers spent in the Barrens west of Hudson's Bay among the fast-dying race of Eskimos, the People of the Deer.

The author reports his observations of the Keewatin Lands northwest of the Hudson Bay, and the caribou and wolf populations living in the region; includes an afterword section with assorted writings about wolves.

A follow-up to "People of the Deer" chronicling the treatment of Canadian Eskimos after 1952 and their struggles for physical and cultural survival.