eskimos

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Arctic memories

1992
Describes a now vanished way of life for the Inuit.

Water sky

1989
While searching for his uncle in Barrow, Alaska, a young boy joins the crew of an Eskimo whaling captain and learns the importance of whaling to the Eskimo culture.

La pesca de Nessa

1997
Nessa's ingenuity and bravery save from animal poachers the fish she and her grandmother caught to feed everyone in their Eskimo camp.

Building an igloo

2009
Describes through text and photographs how to build an igloo like the Inuit of northern Canada.

Nunavut

2002
Explores the people, customs, geography, and history of Nunavut.

Here is Alaska

1983
Introduces the unique history and natural beauty of the largest state, focusing as well on recent problems related to the native population, controversial oil and gas pipelines, rapid development, the threatened ecosystem, unprecedented wealth, and the high cost of living.

Eskimos

the Inuit of the Arctic
1987
Describes the history of the Inuit from their arrival in Alaska 8,000 years ago to the present day and discusses the impact of Western influences on their culture. Includes a glossary of terms.

Terminal freeze

a novel
2009
When paleoecologist Evan Marshall and his small group of scientists discover a large, ancient animal encased in ice two hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle, the media threatens to reveal the creature on television, despite warnings from Native Americans that a mythic killing machine maybe released.

The transformation

2000
On a journey to appease the Sea's Mother, Navarana saves the life of one of the Strangers who had come to Greenland to rescue the few Christians living there and together they find a way to end the suffering of Navarana's people.

The shipwreck

2011
Shipwrecked off the coast of Greenland, Leiv Steinursson, a young Viking boy, is helped by two Inuit children, twelve-year-old Apuluk and his eleven-year-old sister Narva, and is accepted into their community, gladly leaving his violent lifestyle behind.

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