Peary, Henson & Their Inuit Women

This online exhibit explores the relationships between explorers Matthew Henson, Robert E. Peary and the Inuit women Ahlikahsingwah and Akatingwah, and how the nature of these relationships reflects the men's view of gender relations.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

An Introduction

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Photo of Robert Peary distributing gifts to Greenland Inuit on board an unidentified ship , taken between 1886 & 1909. Courtesy of the L...

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

A Brief History of Masculinity & the Arctic

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Engraving of Elisha Kent Kane by J. Sartain from portrait by Matthew Brady, not dated. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Masculinity has ...

Monday, April 26, 2010

Ahlikahsingwah & Robert Peary

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Photo of the Peary sledge party at the North Pole on April 7, 1909 , taken by Peary. L-R: Ooqueah, Ootah, Matthew Henson, Eginwah, and Seegl...

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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Akatingwah & Matthew Henson

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Photo of Akatingwah with Anaukaq on her back from Peary’s book Nearest the Pole , 1907. Courtesy of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio...

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Conclusion

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Map showing Greenland, Canada and the United States , printed in 1929 by the Italian Touring Club. Courtesy of the David Rumsey Historical M...

Friday, April 23, 2010

Bibliography

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Biographies . Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, 2001. Web. 20 March 2010. Bloom, Lisa. Gender on Ice: American Ideologies of P...

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