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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.
Content descriptions
| 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Festus Public Library | J 599.527 Lourie (Text) | 32017000082557 | Junior Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/09/2024 |
Whaling Season : A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist
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Whaling Season : A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist
Not all scientists live where they work, harvest their own subjects, or use information passed down from generation after generation of Inupiaq Eskimos to help learn about thenbsp;bowhead whale. Arctic whale scientist Craig George is the son of children's author Jean Craighead George,nbsp;and out on the ice with the whales and the whalers in Barrow, Alaskanbsp;is where this Arctic whale scientist works.nbsp;He has studied them for nearly thirty years and the mysteries these creatures hold never fail to amaze him.nbsp;Join Craignbsp;at the top of the world, where the days and nights are long, the people full of stories, and the bowhead whale is at the center of it all
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