Kenn Harper is a former grocer in Iqaluit, Nunavut. He writes a regular column in Nunatsiaq News. He was employed at various times as a teacher and development officer and is an entrepreneur. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. His book Give Me My Father's Body: The Story of Minik, the New York Eskimo tells the story of Minik Wallace, a member of the Inughuit or "Polar Eskimo" tribe who was among a group taken by Robert Peary from his home in northwest Greenland to New York.
In 2005, Harper was appointed Danish Honorary Consul, a posting located in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
Harper is fluent in English, Inuktitut and conversational Danish. Harper has lived in the Canadian Arctic for 30 years; he currently lives in Iqaluit and is an enthusiastic wrestling fan, notable for bringing Maximum Pro Wrestling to Iqaluit.
Books include:
- Give Me My Father's Body : The Life of Minik, The New York Eskimo
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—Ralph Harper (b. 1915)