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Kal'unek-from Karluk
Karluk One is a remarkable archaeological site. For six hundred years, the Alutiiq built houses upon houses, preserving layer after layer of their ways of life. When fresh water …
On Sea Ice
Covering more than 7 percent of the earth's surface, sea ice is crucial to the functioning of the biosphere - and is a key component in our attempts to understand and combat …
Arctic Sanctuary
Guided by photographer Jeff Jones' sure and well-developed vision, "Arctic Sanctuary" leads the reader on a remarkable journey that few of us will ever take in real life: a trek …
Nuvuk, the Northernmost
For years, tour guide Daniel James Inulak Lum has brought visitors as well as his children out to the remote corners of Barrow, Alaska, one of the northernmost cities in the world, …
Worldviews of the Greenlanders
Ninety years ago, Knud Rasmussen's popular account of his scientific expeditions through Greenland and North America introduced readers to the culture and history of arctic …
Field Techniques for Sea-Ice Research
As much as one-tenth of the world's oceans are covered with sea ice, or frozen ocean water, at some point during the annual cycle. Sea ice thus plays an important, often defining, …
Last Great Wilderness
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of the conflict between America s demand for oil and nature at its most pristine. Three decades before the battle over oil …
Yupik Transitions
The Siberian Yupik people have endured centuries of change and repression, starting with the Russian Cossacks in 1648 and extending into recent years. The twentieth century brought …
I am Alaskan
What does an Alaskan look like? When asked to visualize someone from Alaska, the image most people conjure up is one of a face lost in a parka, surrounded by snow. Missing from …
The Alutiit/Sugpiat
This beautifully photographed book catalogs the collection of nearly five hundred Alutiiq cultural items held by the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, or the …
Imagining Anchorage
Anchorage is an exceptional city. What was once a town site of tents is now the largest city in the state. It just celebrated its centenary in 2015, but it has seen inhabitants for …