Our Summer with the Eskimos

In the fall of 1944, Constance and Harmon "Bud" Helmericks built a cabin and overwintered in Alaska's remote Brooks Range. With spring melt, they resumed their odyssey north, intent on crossing the Continental Divide to explore the arctic barrens beyond. In Our Summer with the Eskimos, Connie's third bestselling book, she continues the true story of their 26-month trek through beautiful and unforgiving wilderness across the top of Alaska. Constance Helmericks paddled into the Alaskan wilds in 1942 and spent twelve years exploring the Arctic with her husband. She wrote a series of bestselling books about their adventures, and co-filmed and produced three documentaries that were shown on national lecture tours and early television. Their story and photographs were twice featured in LIFE Magazine, including the cover. Later wilderness travels with her young daughters in Canada and Australia were subjects of her seventh and eight books. She was a thoughtful early environmental activist. She died in 1987.