The Winter Walk
A Century-Old Survival Story from the Arctic| By: | Loretta Outwater Cox |
| Publisher: | Turner Publishing |
| Print ISBN: | 9780882405582 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780882408422 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2003 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Advanced in pregnancy and now newly widowed, Qutuuq sets out with her two children, leaving their camp and following a frozen river to the coast. Homebound, one step at a time, through the subzero wilderness.
This is a chilling, true story dating from 1892. It tells of battles against killing cold, starvation, and exhaustion. It's the story of a haunting decision made in the throes of desperation. And ultimately it's a story of survival and triumph amid unspeakable sorrow.
More than a century later, Qutuuq's story, which has descended through her Inupiat Eskimo family as oral history, is retold in print by her great-granddaughter.