The Orphan and the Polar Bear (PB) Gratitude and the Norwegian explorer Roald

and the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and combines the written accounts by the explorers and others and adds the oral accounts provided by Inuit living in Nunavaut today

The chapters are enriched by numerous maps and archival photographs

Traditional teachers representing a variety of traditions and culture areas of Canada were selected and interviewed

During the Cold War

Jennifer Coverdale

The Orphan and the Polar Bear (PB) Gratitude and the Norwegian explorer RoaldIn the world of Inuit traditional stories, animals and humans are not such different creatures, and animals often have much to teach humans about the world. In The Orphan and the Polar Bear, a little orphan who has been abandoned on the sea ice by a group of cruel hunters is discovered and adopted by a polar bear elder. While living in the bear's village, the orphan learns many lessons about survival and his own place in the world. Retold for