The secret language of snow
By: by Terry Tempest Williams and Ted Major ; illustrations by Jennifer Dewey.
Contributors: Major, Ted.; Dewey, Jennifer, ill.
Publisher: Sierra Club/Pantheon Books
Published: 1984
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Snow -- Juvenile literature.; Snow -- Arctic regions -- Juvenile literature.; Eskimos -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.; Snow.; Eskimos -- Alaska -- Social life and customs.; Arctic regions.
Description: Examines over a dozen different types of snow and snowy conditions through the vocabulary of the Inuit people of Alaska. Discusses the physical properties and formation of the snow and how it affects the plants, animals, and people of the Arctic.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 125-126.
Includes index.