This book contains photographs of people and places in the Canadian Far North, taken while Mathers was "on a trip from Edmonton to the mouth of the MacKenzie River". There are a number of images of "Esquimaux" wearing traditional clothing and stone lip ornaments, as well as of Native people carrying out tasks at various forts along the Athabasca and Slave Rivers.
1 file containing: An Introduction to the Geography of the Canadian Arctic. Chapter VI, Pages 75-86, discusses the way of life of the Canadian Inuit including: population and distribution; social organization; hunting and fishing; language, art and religion; and regional groups. -"The Awakening North", an excerpt from the annual report of Seagrams Ltd. including a portfolio of pictures of the north, several of which are of Inuit peoples.
A compilation of essays by : Deborah Lee, Liam Haggarty, Brendan Edwards, Tamara Starblanket, Camie Augustus, Kurt Boyer, Anna Flamino, Merle Massie, Yvonne Vizina, Patricia Deiter, Meagan Gough, and Alan Long.