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2) Ice whale
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whale being born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, as long as it lives.
Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
170, 226, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Author
Series
Jeremy Logan novels volume 2
Pub. Date
c2009
Formats
Description
A group of scientists undertake an expedition to Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone to study the effects of global warming. The expedition changes suddenly when the group heads out on a routine foray into a glacial ice cave and makes an astonishing find.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c1983
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Story of a life-changing experience for a biologist studying the wolves in Canada's inhospitable North. A green young biologist named Tyler (Smith), is sent by the Canadian government to "prove" that the wolves are depleting the caribou herds, but what he finds is a natural world in perfect harmony where he becomes a tolerated outsider. Dumped unprepared in the wilds by a hard drinking bush pilot (Dennehy), Tyler learns survival skills from the aged...
7) Whale snow
Author
Formats
Description
At the first whaling feast of the season, a young Inupiat boy learns about the importance of the bowhead whale to his people and their culture. Includes facts about the Inupiat and the bowhead whale.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"It's the 1920s, and Bo was headed for an Alaska orphanage when she won the hearts of two tough gold miners who set out to raise her, enthusiastically helped by all the kind people of the nearby Eskimo village"--
12) North
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
344 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Description
Tired of his mother's overprotectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, twelve-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.
Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 1
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Formats
Description
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
14) The Inuit
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm.
16) Dogsong: a novel
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
c1985
Physical Desc
177 p.
Appears on list
Description
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels at odds with aspects of modern life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
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