Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) was a Scottish botanist, filmmaker, author, poet, and arctic explorer. Between 1927 and 1936, Hutchison travelled the Arctic by any means available including rowboats, snowshoe, and dog sledges. She had a long association with the Royal Scottish Geographical Society both as an Honorary Editor of the magazine and as a Fellow and Vice President. She was awarded the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Fellowship Diploma in 1932, and the Mungo Park Medal in 1934, in recognition of her researches in the Arctic.

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Isobel Wylie Hutchinson and crew of her umiak at lunch Tasermiut Fjord Greenland 1927
Isobel Wylie Hutchison and crew of her umiak at lunch		 umiack
Umiak and crew
Norse boat at Östvågöy, Lofoten Islands
Norse boat at Östvågöy, Lofoten Islands		 Boatmen at Trollfjord, Östvågöy, Lofoten Islands
Boatmen at Trollfjord, Östvågöy, Lofoten Islands
Peat-gatherer on Östvågöy, Lofoten Islands
Peat-gatherer on Östvågöy, Lofoten Islands		 Plane at Fort Resolution, Mackenzie River
Plane at Fort Resolution, Mackenzie River
Eskimo house and its owner, Point Hope, Bering Strait, Alaska
Inupiat man outside his house		 Gus Masik with dog-team at his home on Sandspit Island, Martin Point, Alaska
Gus Masik with dog-team
Isobel Wylie Hutchison with trapped fox in Arctic Canada
Isobel Wylie Hutchison with trapped fox in Arctic Canada		 Greenlander in traditional costume
Greenlander in traditional costume

For more information about Hutchison please see her biography.

Hoyle, G 'Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison' University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln Neb. 2001