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Hunters of the northern ice / Richard K. Nelson.

Nelson, Richard K. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0226571750
  • ISBN: 9780226571751
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1969.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-414) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The setting. Sea ice : early stages of development ; Winter sea ice ; Sea ice : early summer conditions ; Movements and fragmentation of summer ice ; Emergency conditions and drift ice survival ; Astronomical phenomena -- The biological environment. Invertebrates and fishes ; Birds ; Arctic fox ; Polar bear ; White whale ; Harbor seal ; Breathing hole hunting ; Ice edge sealing ; Sleeping seal hunting ; Umiak hunting ; Walrus hunting ; The Eskimo as a hunter ; The death of hunting -- Appendixes. 1. Method of study ; 1. Eskimo sea-ice terminilogy ; 3. Climatic information.
Subject:
Eskimos.
Hunting > Arctic regions.
Inuit.
Arctic Regions.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library E 99 .I58 H8 N45 1969 283931 Stacks Reshelving -
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