A Negro Explorer at the North Pole · Character
Kudlooktoo
Eskimo member of the expedition team.
minor
First appearance: a negro explorer at the north pole
Kudlooktoo shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Orphan Eskimo boy adopted by Henson during the 1893 expedition; his mother had died just before arrival at Red Cliffs; learned to speak English and slept under Henson's bunk.
Kudlooktoo first appears in 0002 a negro explorer at the north pole.
In I: Orphan Eskimo boy adopted by Henson during the 1893 expedition; his mother had died just before arrival at Red Cliffs; learned to speak English and slept under Henson's bunk.
Later, in Fighting Up the Polar Sea—Held Up by the 'Big Lead': Busts his sledge so badly it must be abandoned; is chastened by Peary and sent back to land for a replacement.
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Character groups
- Core Expedition Team
- Protagonist
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- I
- Fighting Up the Polar Sea—Held Up by the 'Big Lead'
- XVIII
- The Roosevelt Starts for Home
- Appendix I: Notes on the Eskimos
- Appendix II: List of Smith Sound Eskimos
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