Scientists in the Field Series: Whaling Season : A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist (Hardcover)

from abbylibrarian

Following a year in the life of John Craighead George (son of children's author Jean), this book describes the Inupiat process of hunting and harvesting bowhead whales and how scientists piggyback on their hunts to study the whales. It provides an interesting look into a place and people that kid...

from Remy_Ferrell

Whaling Season is a book that can be described as a day in the life of a whaler. The book gives informative descriptions of life in a small town in Alaska as whalers get ready to hunt whales. Most people will find this book very interesting but for those who are sensitive to whale hunting, this b...

from Michelle_Bales

This is the story of a year in the life of John Craighead George (Craig), a whale scientist who lives in Barrow, Alaska among the Inupiaq Eskimo people. The Inupiat are an indigenous people who are allowed by law to hunt bowhead whales as they have for thousands of years. Author Peter Lourie deta...

from Mwbordel

Whaling Season follows Craig George, an Arctic whale scientist, in Barrow, Alaska. Craig and his colleagues have a partnership with the Native Inupiaq Eskimos to study the Bowhead whales. Craig is conducting his research to find about the whales behavior, size, age, and migration patterns. To do ...