tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post1951373379007554660..comments2024-01-10T11:19:56.456-08:00Comments on What Is Sustainable: The FalconWhat Is Sustainablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10227382786082159733noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-58946015384563815862017-02-23T16:46:34.498-08:002017-02-23T16:46:34.498-08:00Greetings Sir Lundberg of Santa Cruz, California! ...Greetings Sir Lundberg of Santa Cruz, California! I once spent a year in Berkeley, and a year in Arcata. The only place I’ve lived with a milder “winter” was Phoenix. <br /><br />I spent nine years on the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake Superior. In the winter of 1978-79, the region got 390 inches (10m) of snow. When I lived there, I experienced a winter with 360 inches. Few if any Indians spent the winter there in the old days. Snows began in September and melted in April. For most of the winter, the ground was covered with 48 inches of snow. Superior always freezes, sometimes entirely. It’s not a groovy place for winter hunting and fishing. I would have promptly died there if I had tried to survive with a musket and snowshoes.<br /><br />The Red River region where Tanner spent a lot of time gets less snow, but the winters are just as long, and far more frigid. In that region there were no toasty “longhouses.” In that region, winter is serious business. I had a flashback about reading Knud Rasmussen’s book, The People of the Polar North. In my review I wrote:<br /><br />“Rasmussen’s buddy, Peter Freuchen, took a nap during a storm when the temperature was -60° F (-51° C). When he awoke, his feet were frozen. This cost him a leg. Rasmussen told the story of Qumangâpik, who had four wives and 15 children. The first wife froze to death, the second was buried by an avalanche, the third died of illness, and the fourth froze to death. Of his 15 children, one starved, four were frozen, and five died of illness. Qumangâpik froze to death, with his wife and two little children. Three of his kids outlived him.”<br /><br />You can download a free PDF of the book at the following link (click on the READ EBOOK button):<br /><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_People_of_the_Polar_North.html?id=vcR1AAAAMAAJ" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>What Is Sustainablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227382786082159733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-2835569948042042532017-02-23T06:58:58.566-08:002017-02-23T06:58:58.566-08:00Now it's like half of what I know of that time...Now it's like half of what I know of that time and place comes from your one article. Thank you!<br />I believe that survival in the colder north, though, was not quite as hard then as you depicted (except for individuals camping out): in the winter the tribes and clans had longhouses and kept each other warm. For all I know, a lot of people sleeping in a teepee is pretty toasty too.Jan Lundberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00820776018221427750noreply@blogger.com