France Rivet

After a 23 year career as an IT consultant, in 2007, France Rivet's life took a profound turn. Her trips to Nunavut and Svalbard had convinced her that a career change was in order. She decided to combine her growing fascination for the Polar Regions and her passions for travelling, history, writing and photography to found Polar Horizons, an enterprise allowing her to dedicate her time and skills to make the Arctic, its nature, people and history better known.As long as she can remember, France has always shown an interest in the communications field. Several of her texts and photographs have been published in newspapers and magazines. Looking back, France realizes that her past activities were actually preparing her for her most rewarding challenge yet: researching and documenting the events surrounding the death, in Europe, of eight Labrador Inuit who were being exhibited in zoos. In summer 2009, when France was introduced to the story of Abraham Ulrikab, little did she know that her research would lead her to the group's remains!Five years later, France's first book, In the Footsteps of Abraham Ulrikab, reveals her findings, and acts as the catalyst for the repatriation procedures of the Inuit's remains. France lives in Gatineau, Quebec.