Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884

Ludger Müller-Wille is an associate professor of Geography at McGill University. His book Franz Boas. Bei den Inuit in Baffinland 1883-1884, Tagebücher und Briefe was first published in German by Reinhold Schletzer Verlag, Berlin, in1994. William Barr is professor of Geography at the University of Saskatchewan, editor and translator of A Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-1854, and Overland to Starvation Cove: With the Inuit in Search of Franklin, 1878-1880.

‘In every way, this book, so painstakingly and completely assembled by Ludger Müller-Wille and ably translated by William Barr from the original German edition (1994), satisfies both my personal and professional musings.’- George Wenzel (Arctic) ‘Professor Müller-Wille should be congratulated on this thorough piece of work, which makes a significant contribution to the history of the social sciences.’- W. Gillis Ross (Arctic Anthropology) ‘In bringing Boas's early work to a wider public, Müller-Wille performs a great service to the scientific community and to Arctic people. The engaging account documents a pivotal period in the development of research ethics and ethnographic method.’- V. Alia (Choice Review) ‘Franz Boas among the Inuit offers  exciting and rewarding reading for both scholars of the ethnohistory of the Canadian Arctic Inuit and students of the "'intellectual history" of anthropology.’- Igor Krupnik (Polar Record)

• Foreword Preface to the Original German EditionPreface to the English EditionIntroduction: Germans and Inuit on Baffin Island in the 1880sThe Simple Relationships between the Land and the PeopleBoas and German Polar Research in the Early 1880sHuman Environmental Relations in the Arctic: The Ecological Approach Fieldwork Methods: T am now truly just like a typical Eskimo'Journals and Letters, 1882-1884: The Source MaterialTranscribing and Editing the TextsFranz Boas and the Inuit TodayAbbreviationsJOURNALS AND LETTERS (MAY 1882 - SEPTEMBER 1884) 1884)Period of Preparation in Germany, 1882-1883Formulating and Securing the Research PlansThe Third German Geographers' Conference in Frankfurt a. M.Logistical Preparations for the Sojourn in the ArcticOn Board the Germania from Hamburg to Baffin Island, June-July 1883Across the North Sea and the AtlanticOff GreenlandIn the Drift and Pack Ice off Baffin Island, July-August 1883Reaching K'exerten, Tinixdjuarbing: Meeting the Whalers and Inuit, August-September 1883Winding Down the German Polar Station, K'ingua, September 1883First Boat Trip with the Inuit to the North End of TinixdjuarbingThe Last Days of the German Polar StationAt the Scottish Whaling Station at K'exerten and Germanids DepartureLate Fall Boat Trips in the Sound, September-October 1883K'exertenJourney to Kingnait FiordOn Board the Catherine: The First Voyage to Naujateling and MilixdjuaxTrip to Pangnirtung FiordTrip to Ujarasugdjuling and ExaluaxdjuinInvestigations at K'exerten, October-December 1883Science and Epidemics: Between the Environment and PeopleGeographical Names and Maps: Comprehending the AreaTidal Observations in the Harbour at K'exertenThe Inuit's Fall Festival: The Sedna RitualDiscontinuation of the Tidal ObservationsSickness and Death among the InuitHikes across the Ice: Surveying the K'exerten ArchipelagoBy Dogsled across the Pack IceInuit, Igloos, and Dogs: Journeys on the Ice of Tinixdjuarbing, December 1883 - May 1884First Trip to Anarnitung and K'inguaA Bitterly Cold March to K'inguaThe First Time in an Inuit Camp: AnarnitungSecond Trip to Anarnitung and K'inguaK'exertenThird Trip to Anarnitung and K'inguaFirst Attempt at Crossing the Kingnait-Padli PassFourth Trip to Anarnitung and K'inguaTrip to MilixdjuaxSecond Trip to NaujatelingTrip Southeastward to SaumiaThe First 'White' among the Inuit of UkiadlivingReturn Trip to K'exertenTrip to the Northwest to Nettilling LakeSecond Attempt at Crossing the Kingnait-Padli PassTrip to the West Coast of Tinixdjuarbing: TarrionitungThe Last Trip on the Ice of Tinixdjuarbing: NuvujenK'exerten: Preparations for the Trip to Davis StraitOverland to Davis Strait: From Kingnait to Padli, May 1884Along the East Coast of Baffin Island: Survey Trips on the Sea Ice, May-July 1884From Padli to PadlopingNorthward: From Padloping to TunirnEstablishing the Base Camp at K'ivitungFrom K'ivitung to SiorartijungThe Inuit Settlement of Siorartijung: The Most Northerly PointSouthward: Excruciating Sledging on Late-Summer IceAt K'ivitung: Waiting for the Whalers, July-August 1884Completion of the Cartographic WorkEthnographica, Dictionary, and Stories: Last NotesWhalers in SightLeaving the Inuit and the Arctic, August-September 1884With the Wolf to K'armaxdjuin and St John'sOn Board the Ardandhu to New YorkAppendix 1 Dog NamesAppendix 2 Names of Ships and BoatsGlossaryEnglish WordsInuktitut Words (Eastern Canadian Arctic)ReferencesIndexIllustrations and maps