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There  are  few persons interested  in Canada’s Northland who have not heard of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Manning: Tom, who has spent much of the last sixteen years  in  the  Eastern  Arctic and, as I know from having accompanied him on one expedition, travels faster and often harder than an Eskimo; and Jackie, his wife, who in 1938 went north to join him for the first two and a half years of their married life in the exploration of Foxe Basin. In  the  summers of 1945 and 1946 Mrs. Manning again travelled with  her husband on journeys  undertaken for the Geodetic Service of Canada on the east and west coasts of Hudson Bay. I t is of these two experiences that Mrs. Manning has written in ‘Igloo for the night’ and ‘A summer  on  Hudson Bay’. On the earlier trip, described in ‘Igloo for the night’, the hlannings lived and travelled like Eskimo: in tents and by  whaleboat or canoe  in  summer, in igloos and by dog-team in winter. They had no contact with any other human beings for  over a year and  received their first mail after  eighteen months. Much of scientific value was accomplished and  for this work  Mr.  Manning was awarded  the Patron’s. Gold Medal of the  Royal  Geographical Society. The book provides  a good description of the Eskimo of the Eastern Arctic and their way of life and also demonstrates t h e  n e c e s s i t y  f o r  d e t e r m i n a t i o n , endurance, self-reliance, and self-discipline in arctic travel. Thc  ncwco~ncr to the  Arctic will be particularly impressed with what, given experience, can be  accomplished without elaborate equipment or supplies. ‘A summer on Hudson Bay’ describes the 1945 and 1946 journeys. This book also contains  much of general  interest about the Eastern Arctic. During the first summer Mr. and Mrs. Manning  met some of the inland Caribou Eskimo who have as yet  scarcely been  influenced by  white men. Most of the second summer  they  spent  travelling  with Eskimo on the coast of Ungava; these Eskimo  are  depicted  in an  attractive manner, both their charming characteristics and their faults being described. Although the journeys were less hazardous and less rough than those dealt with in ‘Igloo for the night’ they were not without difficulty. In these days it is possible that almost any Canadian may find himself required to go North and to undertake, with very little previous experience, the type of life described in this book. Some of the peculiar hazards of Northland flying, a subject of continually increasing interest,  are given. As Mrs. Manning  points  out  more  than  once: the North must be treated with respect and most of the accidents of the North could, with foresight, be avoided. The book contains, as an appendix, a paper by Mr. Manning on the birds of northwestern Ungava, based both on his own work during four summers in that region and on earlier  work  by  other  ornithologists. This appendix  should prove instructive  to those interested  in the bird life of Canada. The book is reasonably illustrated but  unfortunately  the map printed on the inner cover is small and not well co-ordinated with the text. I t is the duty of every newcomer to the North to obtain some knowledge of the land; by so doing he equips himself to  act  in  an  emergency and also to derive enjoyment from his sojourn. Such knowledge can be obtained by reading the books of those few northern travellers who have an expert knowledge of the country and the gift of writing faithfully without exaggeration. Mrs.  Manning is fortunate in meeting both these criteria. She is not  only  well qualified in  her subject, she also writes in  a  clear  and attractive style. P. M. BENNETT

Igloo for the Night, by Mrs. Tom Manning + A Summer on Hudson Bay by Mrs. Tom Manning