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Beluga Days: Tracking the Endangered White Whale
The Mountaineers Books, 2007
 

Beluga Days Cover-paperback

· In the news: the belugas of Cook Inlet were finally listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, in October 2008
· Part personal journey, part exposé of the challenges faced by this fascinating species
· Features a new preface from author Nancy Lord, well-known and respected natural history writer

Beluga Days is a wonderful evocation of the wilderness of coastal Alaska and the 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 a crisis-the decline of the beluga whales in Cook Inlet, an isolated and genetically distinct population.

Beyond its compelling characters and particulars, Lord's story offers readers a deeper understanding of the often uncomfortable, often rewarding, juxtaposition of humans and the natural world.

Buy Beluga Days at The Mountaineers Books


Essays   Green Alaska: Dreams from the Far Coast
The Compass Inside Ourselves   The Man Who Swam with Beavers
Survival   Beluga Days: Tracking a White Whale's Truths
Darkened Waters   Beluga Days: Tracking the Endangered White Whale
Fishcamp: Life on an Alaskan Shore   Rock, Water, Wild: An Alaskan Life
Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North  

 

 
 
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