High Arctic Venture Quotes

“It would appear that an excellent opportunity for educational advance was lost by those who decided that Eskimo education was to be an exact replica of existing educational practices. Instead of educationalists developing a method of educating the Eskimos in a way that would cause the least disruption in their life, the methods used for people living in entirely different circumstances have been adopted. Yet these methods have not proved entirely successful even for those for whom they were devised, or there would be fewer drop-outs, fewer illiterates among those who have attended grade schools, fewer juvenile delinquents and fewer beatniks. Indeed, there are already juvenile delinquents among Eskimos nowadays, something unheard of in the days before they attended school.”
― Margery Hinds, High Arctic Venture

“Anxious eyes peered into the darkness to watch the lights on the aircraft. It was circling again. Then something came down very fast, with no parachute. "That's the Christmas tree!" one of the children said, gleefully.
The Christmas tree, which was not part of the mail, was a gift from the men of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who donate trees to all the tiny, remote settlements that are far above the tree-line.”
― Margery Hinds, High Arctic Venture

“In one place where I lived, the Eskimos had called a certain white man Nikuituk. They told me it means "he only stands" because, they explained, that man would never lend a hand to any job. He just stood, and told Eskimos what to do.
"No wonder his clothes are always clean!" one of them had commented.”
― Margery Hinds, High Arctic Venture