ALASKAN ESKIMO EXPLOITATION OF THE SEA ICE ENVIRONMENT

• Main Author: Nelson, Richard K.
• Other Authors: WISCONSIN UNIV-MADISON DEPT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: Biology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SURVIVAL(PERSONNEL); *SEA ICE; *ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTS; MAMMALS; SHELTERS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; FOOD; ANTHROPOLOGY; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; FISHES; CULTURE; BIRDS; TERRAIN; CLIMATE; LANGUAGE; AURORAE; ESKIMOS; Arctic; Point Hope; Traveller; Barrow; eskimo*; Ice; permafrost; Point Barrow; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0648478; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0648478

Studies were conducted mainly at the Eskimo village of Wainwright, Alaska, with supplementary research done at Point Barrow and Point Hope. A primary aim was to gather information concerning survival on the sea ice by a systematic study of both contemporary and traditional Eskimo hunting, travel, an...