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100 1 $aLord, Nancy.
245 10 $aBeluga days :$btracking a white whale's truths /$cNancy Lord.
260 $aNew York :$bCounterpoint,$cc2004.
300 $axxiii, 242 p. :$bmaps ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-239).
505 0 $aPrologue -- Watching -- Old Time -- The Whale in the Room -- The Scientific Method -- Beluga Love -- The Green Machine -- The Other Remnant -- Adaptation -- The Beach People -- Point Lay -- Epilogue -- Watching.
520 1 $a"Living in waters adjacent to Anchorage, Alaska, the beluga whales of Cook Inlet are an isolated and genetically distinct population. Living memory goes back to a time when these whales seemed countless, and in the early 1990s they still numbered more than 1000, but a sharp decline has brought them near extinction."
520 8 $a"Beluga Days is a wonderful evocation of the wildnerness of coastal Alaska and 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 the whale crisis.
520 8 $aWith hunters, regulators, environmentalists, researchers, businesspeople, and whale lovers, Nancy Lord explores the challenges of protecting whales and habitat while respecting the centuries-old tradition of Native subsistence hunting and accommodating the many forces of change."--Jacket.
650 0 $aWhite whale$zAlaska$zCook Inlet.
650 0 $aEndangered species$zAlaska$zCook Inlet.
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