ABSTRACT
The juvenile novel Kak, the Copper Eskimo came out in 1924, co-written by explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson and novelist Violet Irwin. Through the fictional adventures of the Inupiat boy Kak, the novel aims to educate young readers in Inuit culture and to inspire an active life in the great outdoors. Although Kak is held up as model for such a life, the chapter suggests that his portrayal is also part of the broader colonial discourse in the novel, where indigenous characters remain Arctic Others and the Canadian North an ideal place for the western explorer to demonstrate his expert survival skills.
