Duncan McLean Pryde (June 8, 1937 – November 15, 1997) was a hunter, trapper, lexicographer and politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.
Pryde remained for three years in the Merchant Navy, then was forced to resign due to an eye injury, and went to work for Singer Corporation in the Clydebank sewing machine factory.
[1] He left Singer at the age of 18 in 1955 after seeing an advertisement in The Sunday Post looking for traders to work for the Hudson's Bay Company in the Canadian North.
After arriving in Canada, Pryde spent three years working in Ontario and Manitoba where he learned to speak the Cree language before transferring to the Northwest Territories.
Pryde was unable to make ends meet from the meager salary paid to members of the Council, a substantial pay decrease from the Hudson's Bay Company.
The name of the book had a few variations and a translation was also published in a number of other languages including Dutch, French, Hungarian, Swedish and Danish.
Ed Ogle, the Calgary-based correspondent for Time magazine, was the man behind Duncan's initial publicity success.
During Val Wake's four-year stint in Yellowknife, 1969 to 1973, Duncan Pryde was a constant source of "good copy".
Georgina presented the Queen with an armful of white Arctic fox furs, a gift from the Northwest Territories Government.