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Author : David Boeri
Release : 1985
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis People of the Ice Whale by : David Boeri
Download or read book People of the Ice Whale written by David Boeri. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the interrelationship between the Eskimo whalers of northwestern Alaska and the bowhead whale upon which they depend.
Author : Jean Craighead George
Release : 2014-04-03
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 69X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ice Whale by : Jean Craighead George
Download or read book Ice Whale written by Jean Craighead George. This book was released on 2014-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the most celebrated children’s nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winning Julie of the Wolves In 1848, a young boy witnesses a rare sight—the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, he calls Siku. Years later, he unwittingly brings about the death of an entire pod of whales, and only Siku survives. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down: Siku returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt the boy’s descendants. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George’s last novel shows the interconnectedness of humankind and the animals they depend on. “It’s a bold, wistful, and heartfelt coda to a distinguished career.”—School Library Journal
Author : Bill Hess
Release : 1999
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Gift of the Whale by : Bill Hess
Download or read book Gift of the Whale written by Bill Hess. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Hess -a noted photographer - began his association with the Inupiat Eskimos in 1982. Eventually, he got permission to accompany them on their historic whale hunt. This book is his record, in sensitive text and almost 200 stark images, of what he experienced. Hess explores Inupiat history and traditions juxtaposed against contemporary life, never shying away from the controversial aspects of this ancient trek. Gift of the Whale is a rare contribution to Native history.
Author : John R. Bockstoce
Release : 1995-03-01
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 477/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Whales, Ice, and Men by : John R. Bockstoce
Download or read book Whales, Ice, and Men written by John R. Bockstoce. This book was released on 1995-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pages that follow, the story of commercial whaling in the western Arctic is told by a scholar intimately acquainted with the terrain--not only as it can be found in the historical records or at archaeological sites, but from lone experience on the shores and waters where the great adventure was played out. His book is written with such mastery and vigor that we confidently greet it as the finest history yet written on any aspect of American whaling.
Author : Chie Sakakibara
Release : 2020-10-06
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 612/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Whale Snow by : Chie Sakakibara
Download or read book Whale Snow written by Chie Sakakibara. This book was released on 2020-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a mythical creature, the whale has been responsible for many transformations in the world. It is an enchanting being that humans have long felt a connection to. In the contemporary environmental imagination, whales are charismatic megafauna feeding our environmentalism and aspirations for a better and more sustainable future. Using multispecies ethnography, Whale Snow explores how everyday the relatedness of the Iñupiat of Arctic Alaska and the bowhead whale forms and transforms “the human” through their encounters with modernity. Whale Snow shows how the people live in the world that intersects with other beings, how these connections came into being, and, most importantly, how such intimate and intense relations help humans survive the social challenges incurred by climate change. In this time of ecological transition, exploring multispecies relatedness is crucial as it keeps social capacities to adapt relational, elastic, and resilient. In the Arctic, climate, culture, and human resilience are connected through bowhead whaling. In Whale Snow we see how climate change disrupts this ancient practice and, in the process, affects a vital expression of Indigenous sovereignty. Ultimately, though, this book offers a story of hope grounded in multispecies resilience.
