Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110161269X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
From the most celebrated children’s nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winning Julie of the Wolves In 1848, a young boy witnesses a rare sight—the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, he calls Siku. Years later, he unwittingly brings about the death of an entire pod of whales, and only Siku survives. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down: Siku returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt the boy’s descendants. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George’s last novel shows the interconnectedness of humankind and the animals they depend on. “It’s a bold, wistful, and heartfelt coda to a distinguished career.”—School Library Journal
Ice Whale
Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110161269X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
From the most celebrated children’s nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winning Julie of the Wolves In 1848, a young boy witnesses a rare sight—the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, he calls Siku. Years later, he unwittingly brings about the death of an entire pod of whales, and only Siku survives. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down: Siku returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt the boy’s descendants. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George’s last novel shows the interconnectedness of humankind and the animals they depend on. “It’s a bold, wistful, and heartfelt coda to a distinguished career.”—School Library Journal
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110161269X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
From the most celebrated children’s nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winning Julie of the Wolves In 1848, a young boy witnesses a rare sight—the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, he calls Siku. Years later, he unwittingly brings about the death of an entire pod of whales, and only Siku survives. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down: Siku returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt the boy’s descendants. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George’s last novel shows the interconnectedness of humankind and the animals they depend on. “It’s a bold, wistful, and heartfelt coda to a distinguished career.”—School Library Journal
Snow Leopards
Author: Elaine Landau
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9780766034594
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"Provides information for young readers about snow leopards, including habitat, eating habits, mating, babies, and conservation"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9780766034594
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"Provides information for young readers about snow leopards, including habitat, eating habits, mating, babies, and conservation"--Provided by publisher.
Whales, Ice, and Men
Author: John R. Bockstoce
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780295974477
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In the pages that follow, the story of commercial whaling in the western Arctic is told by a scholar intimately acquainted with the terrain--not only as it can be found in the historical records or at archaeological sites, but from lone experience on the shores and waters where the great adventure was played out. His book is written with such mastery and vigor that we confidently greet it as the finest history yet written on any aspect of American whaling.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780295974477
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In the pages that follow, the story of commercial whaling in the western Arctic is told by a scholar intimately acquainted with the terrain--not only as it can be found in the historical records or at archaeological sites, but from lone experience on the shores and waters where the great adventure was played out. His book is written with such mastery and vigor that we confidently greet it as the finest history yet written on any aspect of American whaling.
People of the Ice Whale
Author: David Boeri
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Describes the interrelationship between the Eskimo whalers of northwestern Alaska and the bowhead whale upon which they depend.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Describes the interrelationship between the Eskimo whalers of northwestern Alaska and the bowhead whale upon which they depend.
Storms, Ice, and Whales
Author:
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780802821256
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
First published in the Dutch East Indies in 1934 and later in The Netherlands, this account of ven der Does' nine-month journey aboard a whaler sailing to the Antarctic in 1923-24 provides details of the flora and fauna, including penguins and albatross, and describes such natural phenomena as the colors of the ice, the sea, and the sky. He also chronicles in detail the workings of the ship and describes the crew and their tasks. Ven der Does writes of the solitude as "Nowhere else in the world can one so deeply comprehend the meaning of endlessness as at the Pole, with its vast desolation."
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780802821256
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
First published in the Dutch East Indies in 1934 and later in The Netherlands, this account of ven der Does' nine-month journey aboard a whaler sailing to the Antarctic in 1923-24 provides details of the flora and fauna, including penguins and albatross, and describes such natural phenomena as the colors of the ice, the sea, and the sky. He also chronicles in detail the workings of the ship and describes the crew and their tasks. Ven der Does writes of the solitude as "Nowhere else in the world can one so deeply comprehend the meaning of endlessness as at the Pole, with its vast desolation."
Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London
Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society
Author: Royal Geographical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography
Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Trapped in Ice
Author: Martin W. Sandler
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 043974363X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Tells the story of survival of the crew members of a group of whaling ships that became trapped in ice in the Arctic in 1871.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 043974363X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Tells the story of survival of the crew members of a group of whaling ships that became trapped in ice in the Arctic in 1871.
Gift of the Whale
Author: Bill Hess
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Bill Hess -a noted photographer - began his association with the Inupiat Eskimos in 1982. Eventually, he got permission to accompany them on their historic whale hunt. This book is his record, in sensitive text and almost 200 stark images, of what he experienced. Hess explores Inupiat history and traditions juxtaposed against contemporary life, never shying away from the controversial aspects of this ancient trek. Gift of the Whale is a rare contribution to Native history.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Bill Hess -a noted photographer - began his association with the Inupiat Eskimos in 1982. Eventually, he got permission to accompany them on their historic whale hunt. This book is his record, in sensitive text and almost 200 stark images, of what he experienced. Hess explores Inupiat history and traditions juxtaposed against contemporary life, never shying away from the controversial aspects of this ancient trek. Gift of the Whale is a rare contribution to Native history.