 It was an enormously complicated undertaking.To help him figure out the elements and the topography, Captain Leavitt, like some other early pilots, hired a Native Inuit (Eskimo) guide named Natkusiak ( 1885–1947), who helped him in his expeditions across the Arctic seas, including his trips to some islands like Norway Island where other whalers had not dared venture.Natkusiak worked for Leavitt for several years.