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Author
Series
Jeremy Logan novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
A group of scientists sponsored by a major media conglomerate are sent on an expedition to Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone, one of the most remote places on Earth. When the group makes an astonishing find, an ancient animal encased in solid ice that appears to a giant cat, the parent company quickly plans the ultimate spectacle - the animal will be cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed on live television. Ignoring the dire warnings of a local Eskimo...
Author
Series
Nathan Active mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the small Alaskan village of Chukchi, what are the odds of two suicides occurring in a matter of a few days? State trooper Nathan Active discovers that his suspicions concerning the deaths are well-founded; the two men were murdered. But what was the motive and who killed them?
8) Kabloona
Author
Language
English
Description
This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure, travel, anthropology, and spiritual awakening. In 1938 and 1939, a French nobleman spent fifteen months living among the Inuit people of the Arctic. He is at first appalled by their way of life: eating rotten raw fish, sleeping with each others' wives, ignoring schedules, and helping themselves to his possessions. But as de Poncins's odyssey continues,...
10) An Arctic rodeo
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1929
Language
English
Description
An account of an expedition to Greenland, on a hundred foot fishing schooner.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Presents a documentary on the life of an Eskimo family pitting their strength against a vast and inhospitable Arctic. Juxtaposes their struggle for survival against the elements with the warmth of the little family as they go about their daily affairs
16) Dogsong
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
©1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[1964]
Language
English
Description
This work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1888 and it is now republished with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Central Eskimo' was his first monograph and details his time spent on Baffin Island studying the Inuit people.
19) Julie
Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man
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