Whaling season : a year in the life of an arctic whale scientist / Peter Lourie.
John Craighead George is an Arctic whale scientist studying bowhead whales in Barrow, Alaska. He conducts his research in harmony with the cultural traditions of the Iñupiaq Eskimos, natives to the area, who have been hunting these whales for more than two thousand years.
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- ISBN: 9780618777099
- ISBN: 0618777091
- Physical Description: 80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Target Audience Note: | NC1150L Lexile. NC1150L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 2 133625. Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.3 2 133625. |
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Subject: | Bowhead whale > Juvenile literature. Biology > Fieldwork > Juvenile literature. |
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