Watching Ice and Weather Our Way

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"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.

subjects: Sea ice,  Dictionaries,  Yupik languages,  Ice,  Terminology,  Classification,  Meteorology,  Climate,  Indians of North America,  Folklore,  Eskimos,  Yupik Eskimos