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The Last of the Ice Hunters is a history of the seal hunt, an industry now in decline, but one which provided the few opportunities for employment to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians during the 1930s. Written in the words of the sealers themselves, the book is a compilation of interviews conducted by students who trained under Professor Shannon Ryan of Memorial University of Newfoundland. This study of the seal hunt begins with a chapter on the introduction, background, and overall development of the seal hunt up to 1950.The majority of the interviews describe sealing practices and traditions as they existed during the Great Depression through to the Commission of Government period (1934-1949). The interviews show the lives of the men, young and old, who worked hard, under harsh conditions, to provide for their families. This book also recognizes and commemorates the end of Newfoundland's traditional seal hunt. The Last of the Ice Hunters is intended to provide a resource for others to use in their pursuits of information on sealers, their dependants, and the social and economic circumstances of the first half of the twentieth century.… (altro)
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For Margaret
and in honour of the last traditional Newfoundland ice hunters and their dependants
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Preface This effort has its own history. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, in order to understand the technologies of the cod fisheries -- as my father and his family were railway workers, I had little knowledge of fishing technologies -- I began to interview older retired fishermen, especially Uncle Andy (Andrew) Short (1900-1989) and Ned (Edward) Russell (1883-1985), both living in Riverhead, Harbour Grace, my home community.
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The Last of the Ice Hunters is a history of the seal hunt, an industry now in decline, but one which provided the few opportunities for employment to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians during the 1930s. Written in the words of the sealers themselves, the book is a compilation of interviews conducted by students who trained under Professor Shannon Ryan of Memorial University of Newfoundland. This study of the seal hunt begins with a chapter on the introduction, background, and overall development of the seal hunt up to 1950.The majority of the interviews describe sealing practices and traditions as they existed during the Great Depression through to the Commission of Government period (1934-1949). The interviews show the lives of the men, young and old, who worked hard, under harsh conditions, to provide for their families. This book also recognizes and commemorates the end of Newfoundland's traditional seal hunt. The Last of the Ice Hunters is intended to provide a resource for others to use in their pursuits of information on sealers, their dependants, and the social and economic circumstances of the first half of the twentieth century.
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