Arctic Thaw

By Peter Lourie

Book Overview

Travel north-beyond the Arctic Circle-to Barrow, Alaska, and meet the proud INupiaq people. For thousands of years they have hunted whales on the open sea, but now global climate change threatens... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590784367
• ISBN13: 9781590784365
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

A sane, compassionate look at global warming

I beg you to read this book! It illustrates the effect of global warming on the ecology of a little known local culture (the Inupiat) who live at the Arctic edge of the world. The author brings understanding of the world's precarious future to the reader's awareness in a completely understandable way. Making three expeditions with atmospheric chemist, Dr. Paul Shepson and several graduate students, Lourie captures the essence of the Inupiat people, their livelihood, modern culture, and the effects of global warming on their way of life, as well as what global warming has in store for our earth. Color plus B & W photographs embellish this intimate story along with maps and diagrams which encourage the reader's perception of the crisis. Includes index, glossary, resource pages as well as an inspirational "What You Can do to Fight Global Climate Change."