Orphaned as an infant, Jimmy Memorana was fortunate to be adopted by Natkusiak, who had been a guide, together with Jimmy's own biological father (also named Jimmy Memorana), on explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson's first trips to the Arctic from 1908 to 1912 (Stefansson, 1913). As Jimmy told me, "Natkusiak took me in when my parents died in the Spanish flu of 1919, and he put my father's name on me." Natkusiak had just finished working as Stefansson's chief guide on the Canadian Arctic Expedition from 1913 to 1916 (Stefansson, 1921) and had been key to its success. Stefansson was immensely grateful and gave him much of the surplus equipment, along with a schooner called the North Star. This gift allowed Natkusiak and his family to travel north off the Western Arctic mainland and return to the rich trapping area of Banks Island, which he had discovered on his exploratory travels with Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition. This pristine area, previously unknown to the mainland Inuit, was teeming with the valuable white-furred arctic fox. Much is written about what today is termed traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). Such knowledge is, of course, an important element in the cultural identity of our northern peoples. As a working scientist seeking to learn about Arctic seals and whales, I have benefited greatly from the lessons passed on to me by the real hunters such as Memorana (Smith, 1987). In 1997, Jimmy was recognized for his significant contributions to science as a Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America.