Hunters of the Arctic,

by Roger Frison-Roche

English, French (translation)

260 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Born in 1906 in Paris, Roger Frison-Roche, an alpinist, mountain guide, journalist, and explorer before he turned novelist, produced fiction that celebrated the splendors and rigors of the Alps, the Sahara, and the Scandinavian North. Two of his Alpine novels, Premier de cordée, translated into English as First on the Rope, and La Grande Crevasse, present adventure stories whose mountain-guide protagonists titillate readers with the appealing skill and daring exacted by the mountain.

Source : Literature of Nature: An International Sourcebook by Patrick D. Murphy, Terry Gifford, Katsunori Yamazato (p. 203)

Reviews

[Céline FrenchAlps · Rating 3 out of 5]

Immersion de quelques semaines de Frison-Roche chez les Indiens Chipewyans et Eskimos (Canada Arctique). Je n'imaginais pas les Indiens nordiques de cette façon (culturellement parlant), et cela a dû être un sacré dépaysement ! Je regrette un peu que mon édition ne comporte pas quelques photos, mais après vérification sur internet, il me faudra mettre la main sur l'ouvrage photographique et vidéo de Pierre Tairraz, qui accompagne Roger. Car après avoir tourné la dernière page du livre, il me tarde vraiment de mettre des images sur tout ce que j'ai lu !

[Josh Amazonas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun

[Belinda Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A remarkable true story of Roger and Pierre, and their adventures to northern Canada. They first spend time with Indians and live, hunt and immerse themselves in the Indian culture. After that, they fly further north and immers themselves in Eskimo culture. Some of the pictures that Pierre took during their expeditions, are included in the book, and they add to the interesting story that Roger tells.

[Isabelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Peuples Chasseurs de l'Arctique" is the exact title of this wonderful novel: it is not about hunting but about peoples of the Arctic for who hunting means living or dying. An ever more powerful and contemporary novel at a time when concerns about global warming does not only endanger the polar bears but also humans beings! But we hear more about polar bears than human beings...

[Elie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Une des histoires réelles les plus belles que j'ai jamais lu.