Two Great Polar Bear Hunters
Abstract King Island, located in the Bering Straits midway be tween Alaska and Siberia, is inhabited by a small permanent population of Inupiat Eskimos. These residents rely on marine resources, including bowhead and beluga whales, walrus, migratory birds, and seals, to sustain themselves. In this s...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1990
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0047 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52479716/isbn-9780195061024-book-part-47.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract King Island, located in the Bering Straits midway be tween Alaska and Siberia, is inhabited by a small permanent population of Inupiat Eskimos. These residents rely on marine resources, including bowhead and beluga whales, walrus, migratory birds, and seals, to sustain themselves. In this story Aloysius Pikonganna (1909-1986) evokes the mysterious spirit of the arctic wilderness in the form of an immense polar bear hunted by two King Islanders on the ice pack. |
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