Roger Buliard

Born in Franche-Comté in 1909, ordained a priest in 1933, Father Roger Buliard spent fifteen years of his priesthood as a missionary in the Arctic and twelve years as a military chaplain in the Canadian army in Korea, Japan, Canada and Germany.
Knight of the Legion of Honor and laureate of the French Academy, Father Buliard is a member of several French and foreign associations: Catholic Writers, Canadian Authors, Polar Expeditions, Arctic Institute of America, Academy of Arts, Sciences and Belles- Letters from Besançon and Explorers Club of New York.
His book INUK, "On the Back of the Earth!" received the Montyon Prize from the French Academy in 1950.