House Calls by Dogsled : Six Years in an Arctic Medical Outpost Howard White " The poetic tributes

" The poetic tributes

Marilyn Dumont and Katherena Vermette

–Rina Garcia Chua

"Here is a journey made with a keen-eyed guide through almost unbearable territories of love

House Calls by Dogsled : Six Years in an Arctic Medical Outpost Howard White " The poetic tributesDescription "People go north for a variety of reasons, some stay for a lifetime, while others can't wait to leave at the end of whatever term they have signed on for. The north tends to be either loved or hated with equal passion." These are the words of Keith Billington, who with his wife Muriel, arrived in the Northwest Territories outpost of Fort McPherson, 1,700 miles north of Edmonton, in mid September 1964. They were among those who loved the