The Snow Walker (a book) by Farley Mowat (1975)

The author is a popular storyteller on nature and Canadian Eskimo. In The Snow Walker, he tells the readers how Eskimo lived their primitive life in frigid northern country.

According to the book, Eskimo subsisted on caribous and lived in igloos on the icy tundra. At the mercy of Mother Nature, they survived from generation to generation. Then when the dark winter in the coldest place on earth never ended, and the depleted food stock could not be replenished, the residents of this barren land could do nothing but remain in their cold and dark igloos to face their Snow Walker. Starvation was Eskimo’s worst enemy. In a short time, it wiped out the residents of an entire camp that consisted of many families.

One of the grim tales in the book that moved me the most is about an unbreakable bond between a young hunter and a white fox ("Two Who Were One.")

It is the story of young Angutna brought home a fox pup whom he found while bagging his first caribou. Angutna named the baby fox Kipmik, Little Dog. They grew up together and became inseparable. Kipmik’s animal instinct helped Angutna become a successful hunter. But good times did not last. When the wildlife in the neighborhood was depleted, Angutna was compelled to sell Kipmik’s beautiful fur for foods for his wife and children. With the noose of release, Angutna killed both Kipmik and himself. According to the legend, Angutna was buried by the bank of the River of Seals with Kipmik lied beside him. - Ayee