What is Norman Hallendy?
'''Norman E. Hallendy''' (April 7, 1932 — October 27, 2023) was an [[Arctic]] researcher, writer and photographer. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FR9w0ygAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Norman Hallendy - Google Scholar|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2020-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arctic.ucalgary.ca/research-associate-norman-hallendy|title=Research Associate- Norman Hallendy {{!}} Arctic Institute of North America|website=arctic.ucalgary.ca|access-date=2020-07-16|archive-date=2020-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716232014/https://arctic.ucalgary.ca/research-associate-norman-hallendy|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hallendy's Arctic journeys began in 1958 at a time when many Inuit, who traditionally lived on the land, were moving to permanent settlements created by the Federal government. Returning north year after year, he was befriended by Inuit elders who shared with him their perception of their material and spiritual world. == Works == His previous books include the best selling Inuksuit: * Tukiliit: The Stone People Who Live in the Wind * Wilderness: Arctic Voices from a Land of Vast Horizons He has been a lecturer at Oxford, Cambridge, [[UNESCO]] (Paris) including numerous [[University|universities]] in Canada and abroad. His most enjoyable presentations were to Inuit elders and their children in several Arctic communities. {{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} == Awards and recognitions == Norman Hallendy has been named one of Canada’s 100 greatest modern-day explorers by Canadian Geographic Society. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/canadian-explorers/|title=Canada's Greatest Explorers|website=Canadian Geographic|language=en|access-date=2020-07-16|archive-date=2016-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610145332/http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/canadian-explorers/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His contribution to geographical knowledge through documenting Arctic landscapes and ancient sites earned him the coveted Mungo Park Meda