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Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
2) The Inuit
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the Inuit, discussing their history, dress, survival skills, society, and more.
3) Ice whale
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whale being born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, as long as it lives.
4) Dogsong
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels at odds with aspects of modern life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
Author
Series
Jeremy Logan novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of scientists undertake an expedition to Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone to study the effects of global warming. The expedition changes suddenly when the group heads out on a routine foray into a glacial ice cave and makes an astonishing find.
Author
Series
Kumak volume 2
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
On a beautiful Arctic morning when Kumak and his family go ice fishing, Kumak hooks what seems like an enormous fish, and the entire village gets involved.
7) Whale snow
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
At the first whaling feast of the season, a young Inupiat boy learns about the importance of the bowhead whale to his people and their culture. Includes facts about the Inupiat and the bowhead whale.
9) Julie
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
Pub. Date
[2013], c1993
Language
English
Description
This program traces the history of the Inuit people, from the arrival of their ancestors, who came across the land bridge between Siberia and Alaska some 8,000 years ago, through the 20th century. The program examines the development of Inuit culture, the first contacts with European settlers, the impact of the Hudson Bay Company on the Inuit economy, the role of whaling, the arrival of the first missionaries, and the development of the first Inuit...
12) Never cry wolf
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Story of a life-changing experience for a biologist studying the wolves in Canada's inhospitable North. A green young biologist named Tyler (Smith), is sent by the Canadian government to "prove" that the wolves are depleting the caribou herds, but what he finds is a natural world in perfect harmony where he becomes a tolerated outsider. Dumped unprepared in the wilds by a hard drinking bush pilot (Dennehy), Tyler learns survival skills from the aged...
13) Abrazo de oso
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Natuk y el Oso Blanco son mismo mejor de amigos. Pero cuando una catástrofe terrible golpea el pueblo, ellos podrían ser separados siempre.
Natuk and White Bear are the very best of friends. But when a terrible catastrophe strikes the village, they might be separated forever.
14) Never say die
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in the Canadian Arctic, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic magazine.
15) North
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Tired of his mother's overprotectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, twelve-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.
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