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Article: Arctic Journal.
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- Article date:
- December 1, 2000
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ARCTIC JOURNAL. By BERN WILL BROWN. Ottawa: Novalis, 1998. 226 p., maps, b&w illus., index. Hardbound. Cdn$23.95.
The two volumes of former Catholic Priest Bern Will Brown's Arctic Journal lead the reader through the author's 50 years in the Northwest Territories and northern Alberta. Brown came north as an Oblate Father for the diocese of the Mackenzie in 1948. Volume I chronicles the optimistic life of the young, guitar-playing priest who revelled in the hardships of travel by dog team and the challenges of building new missions. From his first assignment in Fort Norman (Tulita), where he learned to speak Slavey, Bern Will Brown actively embraced life in the ...