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Steve asks 'Have you read Stephenson's My Life with the Eskimo?' and they discuss content from the book about Eskimo dietary habits, particularly their aversion to salted meat and how explorers would salt their food to protect it from being eaten. The discussion includes details about salt tolerance and dietary adaptation.

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Extensively discussed as one of Steve's ten favorite books for outdoor enthusiasts. Stefansson is finishing the manuscript of this book at the beginning of Empire of Ice and Stone. The book contains observations about Eskimo hunters and their cultural practices

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Referenced during a discussion about subsistence hunting and sheep in Alaska. Cal mentions this book when someone expresses surprise about the connection between subsistence and sheep hunting, noting that Stephenson's book describes Native Alaskans in the Brooks Range who lived off sheep and wore all white clothing.

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Referenced in discussion about hunting partnerships and game distribution customs. The speaker mentions 'when Stephenson, who spent a lot of time with He's got this book, My Life with the Eskimo' and describes Stephenson's observations of Inuit hunters in the High Arctic of Canada and their hunting partner traditions.

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The speaker discusses Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson's experiences living on a strict wild game diet in the Canadian High Arctic. The book is explicitly recommended ('You should read Stephens in My Life with the Eskimo') in the context of discussing Stefansson's preference for wolf meat and his attempts to impress Inuit hunters with Western technology. The discussion includes anecdotes from the book about eating various game animals and Stefansson's interactions with Inuit people in the early 1900s.

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Book written by Stefansson laying out how to survive in the Arctic, contested by Roald Amundsen as irresponsible because it made Arctic survival sound too easy