Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of
Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old
when his family was chosen by the government to be one of seven Inuit
families relocated from Nunavik to the High Arctic in the early
1950s.They were promised a land of plenty. They were given an
inhospitable polar desert. Larry tells of loss, illness, and his
family's struggle to survive, juxtaposed with excerpts from official
reports that conveyed the relocatees' plight as a successful experiment.
With refreshing candour and an unbreakable sense of humour, Larry leads
the reader through his life as a High Arctic Exile--through broken
promises, a decades-long fight to return home, and a life between two
worlds as southern culture begins to encroach on Inuit traditions.