Beluga Days
Tracking a White Whale's Truths
$40.06
- Hardcover
268 pages
- Release Date
4 December 2003
Summary
This study of the Beluga whales of Cook Inlet reveals an isolated and genetically distinct population of fascinating creatures.Living in waters adjacent to Anchorage, Alaska, and thought to number more than 1000 in the early 1990s, a sharp population decline has brought Beluga whales to near extinction. Original in approach and incisive in its questions, Beluga Days explores how conservation laws, management policies, and human behaviors have affected the shrinking beluga population. From hun…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781582431512 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1582431515 |
| Author: | Nancy Lord |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 268 |
| Release Date: | 4 December 2003 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 139mm |
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About The Author
Nancy Lord
Nancy Lord lives in Homer, Alaska. From her many years of commercial salmon fishing and, later, work as a naturalist and historian on adventure cruise ships, she’s explored in both fiction and nonfiction the myths and realities of life in the north.Among her published books are three collections of short stories and five works of literary nonfiction, including the memoir Fishcamp, the cautionary Beluga Days, and the front-lines story of climate change, Early Warming. Lord was honored as Alaska Writer Laureate for 2008-10, a term during which she traveled throughout the state to promote Alaska writers, writing, and libraries.
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