Global InformationEenoolooapik information
Eenoolooapik | |
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 Drawing of Eenoolooapik in Alexander MacDonald's biography, 1841 | |
| Born | c. 1820 Qimisuk, Blacklead Island, British Arctic Territories |
| Died | 1847 (aged 26–27) Cumberland Sound, British Arctic Territories |
| Other names | Bobbie |
| Spouse |
Amitak (m. 1840) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Taqulittuq (sister) |
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Eenoolooapik (c. 1820 – 1847), also spelled Inuluapik, was an Inuit hunter and guide who served with British whaler William Penny and visited Scotland. Born on Blacklead Island in Cumberland Sound, Eenoolooapik moved with his family to the island of Aggijjat on the eastern coast of Baffin Island. Acquainted as a youth with Scottish whalers operating in the area, he accompanied Penny to Aberdeen, Scotland in 1839, as part of Penny's attempt to lobby for greater funding for Arctic exploration. Eenoolooapik returned to Baffin in 1840 after visiting Greenland. Alexander McDonald published a biography of Eenoolooapik in 1841, likely the only contemporary full-length biography of any Inuit published during the 19th century. In 1847, he died of tuberculosis developed during his time overseas.