Whaling season : a year in the life of an arctic whale scientist / Peter Lourie.

Author/creator Lourie, Peter
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009.
Description80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Subjects

SeriesScientists in the field
Scientists in the field. ^A567919
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 79) and index.
Study program note Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
Awards noteA Junior Library Guild selection
LCCN 2009018596
ISBN9780618777099 (hardcover) :
ISBN0618777091 (hardcover) :
Stock numberJunior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

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