Watching Ice and Weather Our Way
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780967342955
Subjects: Earth Sciences - Geology; Science
Description: "This book is the product of a joint four-year effort by subsistence hunters from two Yupik communities on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska and northern scholars researching Arctic climate change. ... Part One presents the Yupik sea ice 'dictionary, ' an illustrated list of almost 100 Yupik terms for sea ice formations prepared by Conrad Oozeva. Part Two consists of records of observations ... Part Three introduces Yupik elders' knowledge of ice and weather ..."--P. 6.