| Description |
xxiii, 242 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Prologue - Watching} -- Chapter 1 Old Time -- Chapter 2 The Whale in the Room -- Chapter 3 The Scientific Method -- Chapter 4 Beluga Love -- Chapter 5 The Green Machine -- Chapter 6 The Other Remnant -- Chapter 7 Adaptation -- Chapter 8 The Beach People -- Chapter 9 Point Lay -- Epilogue - Watching -- End Notes -- Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
"Living in waters adjacent to Anchorage, Alaska, the beluga whales of Cook Inlet are an isolated and genetically distinct population. Living memory goes back to a time when these whales seemed countless, and in the early 1990s they still numbered more than 1000, but a sharp decline has brought them near extinction." "Beluga Days is a wonderful evocation of the wildnerness of coastal Alaska and Native communities that still eat whale meat and depend on local foods. It is also a foray into the fascinating labyrinth of Alaskan culture, history, and politics, as the complex relationships in this unique state coalesce in a mad theater around the whale crisis. With hunters, regulators, environmentalists, researchers, businesspeople, and whale lovers, Nancy Lord explores the challenges of protecting whales and habitat while respecting the centuries-old tradition of Native subsistence hunting and accommodating the many forces of change."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) |
| Subject |
Endangered species -- Alaska -- Cook Inlet.
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White whale -- Alaska -- Cook Inlet.
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| LC no. |
2003014465 |
| ISBN |
1582431515 |
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