Kenn Harper lived in the Arctic for 50 years in
Inuit communities in Canada and in Qaanaaq,
Greenland. He has worked as a teacher,
historian, linguist, and businessman. He speaks
Inuktitut, and has written extensively on
Northern history and language. He is a Fellow
of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal
Canadian Geographical Society, a recipient of
Queen Elizabeth?s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and
a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog (Denmark).
Harper is the author of the bestselling Give
Me My Father?s Body, with a forthcoming new
edition entitled Minik: The New York Eskimo.
