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  • The Whale-Watching-Web: Cetacean Nonfiction Bibliography
    ... related journals, followed by a short bibliography of literature on recent developments in global whaling (including some relevant, though not necessarily recent, anthropological works on indigenous whaling). The whaling bibliography was originally compiled by Rich Wallace in 1996 and has subsequently been appended to ... There are also various books in the main bibliography that may contain chapters on the whaling industry, and I have also included all full-length works opposing ...
    http://www.helsinki.fi/~lauhakan/whale/literature/nfiction.html
  • Alaska Regional Office Cultural Resources - Whale of a Time
    ... National Park Service’s longest and most successful partnerships is with the Department of Alaska Native and Rural Development, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Each year the National Park co-sponsors a major spring seminar in cooperation ... both leaders in the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; George Ahmaogak, Shell Oil Corporation; Maggie Ahmaogak, Executive Director, Alaska Whaling Commission; Richard Glenn, President of the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium; Mayor Edward Itta, North Slope Borough, and ...
    http://www.nps.gov/akso/CR/AKRCultural/WhaleofaTime.htm
  • http://www.mygeo.info/news/newsarchiv/news30052007.html
    ... Deadlock at Greenland whale plan Greenland's plan to expand its whale hunt causes deadlock at an annual whaling conference in Alaska. Great apes 'facing climate peril' The great apes are facing an "inevitable crisis" arising from climate change, a ...
    http://www.mygeo.info/news/newsarchiv/news30052007.html
  • Alaska Museum of Natural History
    Alaska Museum of Natural History   WHALING IN THE MUSEUM Museum volunteer and medical professional Dr. Cindy Shrayer and her ... too offensive to the scientific world. The whale was installed with the Shrayer Whaling Crew and Anne Pasch Monday the 23rd of January. Since rigging for the ... of connecting suspension cables and hoisting it into an interesting position. Next project for our “Whaling ...
    http://www.alaskamuseum.org/news/2006/whale.htm
  • Henry Wood Elliott: An American Artist in Alaska
    ... Striking Humpback Whales: off Akootan Island, Bering Sea." Undated. MS 7119.   "Old woman, Washakis Camp." 1870. MS 397,353.   "Eskimo Whaling and Walrus Camp,. Icy Point, Arctic Ocean, Alaska. Lookout created of drift logs." 1891. MS 7119.   "View of Settlement and Fishing Trap ... needed protection (Elliott 1976 [1881]) The fur seals, however, were not the only subjects Elliott painted. Alaska's Native people and their activities spurred his imagination. Elliott expressed his views on Alaska ...
    http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/features/elliott.htm
  • Electronic Zoo / NetVet Veterinary Resources - Marine Mammals
    ... Whales Infamous Exploding Whale Institute of Cetacean Research Institute of Marine Science (University of Alaska) International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling International Marinelife Alliance International Marine Mammal Association International Marine Mammal Project Jimmy's Sea Otter Page Kalakaua Marine Education Center ...
    http://netvet.wustl.edu/marine.htm
  • Marine mammal links
    ... related material. The list contains sites of both supporters and opponents of whaling, captive display, dolphin assisted therapy, dolphin swims and whale watching. Some sites present documented information, other present personal ... animals.dolphins FAQ High North Alliance This site presents information and up to date news on whaling. Nearctica Nearctica presents a lot of resources on natural history, taxonomy, evolution etc. It is a ... for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) IUCN - SSC Action Plans International ...
    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/Mmlinks.htm
  • ECHO Climate Change Symposium
    ... Luncheon and Reclamation Project Ceremonial Tree Planting Ceremony Charles Wohlforth Charles Wohlforth is a life-long Alaska resident and prize-winning author of numerous books about Alaska. His work includes writing about science and the environment, politics and history, travel, and ... all the North Slope communities. Download detailed participant bios Eugene Brower Eugene Brower is Barrow’s Deputy Fire Chief, whaling captain, and previous Mayor of the North Slope Borough, Barrow, ...
    http://www.exploratorium.edu/echo/
  • The Alaska State Museums
    ... the Galleries Artifact of the Month Native Artist Demonstrators Hands-on Loan Program Volunteering Sheldon Jackson Friends Alaska State Museums > About the Collections Introduction The collections of the Alaska State Museums (Alaska State Museum and Sheldon Jackson Museum) represent the diverse cultures and rich historical record ... Shipwreck artifacts, a lighthouse lens, tourism ephemera, gold rush memorabilia, mining equipment, mountaineering gear, aircraft, firearms, fishing boats, whaling equipment, World War II materials and items from the Exxon Valdez oil spill represent ...
    http://www.museums.state.ak.us/about_collections.html
  • Blue Whales Return to Gulf of Alaska
    ... Blue Whales Return to Gulf of Alaska Close Window Blue Whales Return to Gulf of Alaska May 15, 2009 Blue whales breed slowly, calving once every two to three years, and taking ... have ever existed, and their numbers were decimated during the peak period of commercial whaling between 1908 and 1965. Since the species’ population did not show signs of recovery ... ...
    http://www.earthweek.com/2009/ew090515/ew090515c.html
  • Education - Bishop Museum
    ... serving hundreds of thousands of children, teachers, and adult continuing learners in Alaska, Hawai`i, and Massachusetts. ECHO brings to culturally diverse audiences innovative programs collaboratively produced by five ... and Iñupiat Heritage Center in Alaska; Bishop Museum in Hawai`i; and New Bedford Whaling Museum and Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts. Learn about the unique collarborations of ...
    http://www.bishopmuseum.org/education/education.html
  • Greenpeace - Green Wiki
    ... Canada in 1971 to oppose the United States testing nuclear devices in Alaska. The focus of the organization later turned to other environmental issues: Whaling, Bottom trawling, Global warming, Old growth and Nuclear power. GreenPeace has national and regional offices in ... U.S. nuclear bomb test codenamed Cannikin beneath the Aleutian island of nuclear bomb test codenamed Cannikin, Alaska. Many of the founding members were members of the Society of Friends ...
    http://green.wikia.com/wiki/Greenpeace
  • Alaska Museum of Natural History
    Alaska Museum of Natural History SUPPORT SCIENCE EDUCATION IN ALASKA! Please Donate Now >> Gifts are Tax Deductible New! Links and Resources Page...lots of content coming ... and Leopard and think of how you would have survived these predators with stone tools. Alaska's Dinosaurs include a Hadrosaur skeleton, Velociraptor skeleton and T-Rex skull are now on display ... to be a super-scientist and create your very own volcano . NEWS ARCHIVE COMING SOON: Alaska
    http://www.alaskamuseum.org/index.html
  • Estimates of Sea Ice Floe Velocities Characterizing Whaling Seasons Using Satellite Imagery of the C
    ... Data & Services NSIDC Sponsors Contacts Jobs Related Organizations Support NSIDC Estimates of Sea Ice Floe Velocities Characterizing Whaling Seasons Using Satellite Imagery of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Spring 2000 and 2001 ... Data     This data set formed the basis for estimating sea ice floe velocities covering two spring whaling seasons with markedly different rates of success from March to June in 2000 and ... via FTP. View Metadata Record Data Citation Norton, David W. 2006. Estimates of Sea Ice Floe Velocities Characterizing ...
    http://nsidc.org/data/arcss149.html
  • UA Museum | Press Room
    ... 2008) Museum expands summer hours, programs (May 23, 2008) Exhibit explores hunting and trapping in Interior Alaska (May 15, 2008) Polar-Palooza national tour comes to Fairbanks (May 7, 2008) Alaska marmot marks museum milestone (April 23, 2008) BP becomes museum's newest corporate partner (April 3, 2008) Russian-American research ... of the Midnight Sun (Associated Press, as published in the Washington Post, 08/07/2006) Alaska museum reflects drama of landscape (Associated Press, as published in CNN, 07/26/2006) New monkey
    http://www.uaf.edu/museum/info/press/
  • Alwynne B. Beaudoin - Arctic Readings
    Alwynne B. Beaudoin - Arctic Readings     This Day in Arctic Exploration and Discovery Discovery and exploration Berton, Pierre 1988 The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole 1818 - 1909 . McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, Ontario. 672 pp. A book I though would be rather boring and heavy-going but turned out to be quite fascinating and well-written. An account of explorers in Canada's ...
    http://www.scirpus.ca/reading/arctic.shtml
  • Jonathan Harris collects stories | Video on TED.com
    ... one is called "The Whale Hunt." Last May I spent nine days living up in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost settlement in the United States, with a family of Inupiat ...
    http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_harris_collects_stories.html
  • Lexikon der Nachhaltigkeit | ICRW - Internationale Konvention zur Regelung des Walfangs 1946
    ... wurde die Internationale Konvention zur Regulierung des Walfangs ICRW ( International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling d ) beschlossen. Danach darf der wissenschaftliche Walfang nur dann gestattet werden, wenn wissenschaftlich bedeutsame Ergebnisse angestrebt werden, die sich durch ... of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry.") Angesichts des dramatischen Rückgangs der Walbestände gründeten die Walfangnationen 1948 unter der ICRW die Internationale Walfang-Kommission ( International Whaling ... Mai 2005, Ulsan/Korea 58. Treffen d , Juni 2006, St. Kitts and Nevis 59. Treffen d , July 2007,
    http://www.nachhaltigkeit.info/artikel/geschichte_10/anfaenge_46/walfangkonvention_1946_767.htm
  • Lexikon der Nachhaltigkeit | ICRW - Internationale Konvention zur Regelung des Walfangs 1946
    ... wurde die Internationale Konvention zur Regulierung des Walfangs ICRW ( International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling d ) beschlossen. Danach darf der wissenschaftliche Walfang nur dann gestattet werden, wenn wissenschaftlich bedeutsame Ergebnisse angestrebt werden, die sich durch ... of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry.") Angesichts des dramatischen Rückgangs der Walbestände gründeten die Walfangnationen 1948 unter der ICRW die Internationale Walfang-Kommission ( International Whaling ... Mai 2005, Ulsan/Korea 58. Treffen d , Juni 2006, St. Kitts and Nevis 59. Treffen d , July 2007,
    http://www.nachhaltigkeit.info/artikel/walfangkonvention_1946_767.htm
  • Walter J. Eyerdam
    ... MCZ) Born : Seattle, Washington. Died : Seattle, Washington (aged 81). Occupation : Naturalist; Amateur Conchologist; Cooper. made barrels for Alakan whaling and herring stations. Education : Lincoln High School, 1911. Studied mining at the University of Washington ... three years as a prospector in California. Research Interests : Plants, birds, and shells. Travels : Alaska, first trip in 1917. Gathered plants, birds, and shells for 25 summers in ...
    http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~ksc/Malacologists/EyerdamW.J.html
  • Archaeology of the Tundra and Arctic Alaska
    ... Archaeology of the Tundra and Arctic Alaska Archaeology of the Tundra and Arctic Alaska Tundra and Arctic In an area stretching along the coastline from Bristol Bay and ... and the Alaska Peninsula, along the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea coasts, northward around Alaska, and eastwards across the arctic all the way to Greenland, the ...
    http://www.nps.gov/akso/akarc/arctic.htm
  • Arctic Studies Center - Publications - Newsletters
    ... Da k l’aweidí clan. Issue 14 (February 2007) Download PDF Featuring upcoming IPY activities and the Alaska Collections Project in Anchorage. The newsletter also includes research reports from Alaska, Labrador, Quebec, and Mongolia, public programs, and collaborative research with interns and fellows. Issue ... Lake Kamistastin and an article by Mark S. Cassell on Inupiat Eskimo workers in the whaling industry. Issue 8 (June 2000) Download PDF This issue features the opening of Vikings: The
    http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/pub_news.html
  • Environmental Atlas of the Beaufort Coastlands - The People: A History
    ... their better documented western neighbours, the Inupiat, as the Inuit or Eskimo of northwestern Alaska are called. Here each karigi (dance house) was built and operated by a single large extended ... powers were sometimes considerable. It was reported that umialit had the power to boycott trade with whaling ships, and to demand a payment of whaling captains who wished to hire "their" people. The economy of the Inuvialuit was ...
    http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/beaufort/people_history_e.php
  • Scott Polar Research Institute ยป Museum catalogue
    ... available, covering some 2,863 items: Arctic Material Culture Collection   (565 items) Indigenous objects from Canada, Greenland and Alaska. Polar Art Collection   (2220 items) A unique range of polar artworks, including oil paintings, watercolours, sketches ... to the wide variety of objects made or decorated by people involved with the whaling industry, and also to the process of making them. Related collections The ...
    http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/catalogue/
  • The Karluk Disaster - Bob Bartlett - 20th Century Exploration: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
    ... for the expedition an old and underpowered wooden barkentine that had been converted into a whaling vessel in 1899. Workers reinforced the vessel with crossbeams and extra sheathing and ... in and freeze around the Karluk , which became solidly trapped about 225 miles northwest of Alaska. The vessel drifted helplessly with the pack ice, unable to free itself and ... team to find the vessel. Instead, they travelled south by dog sledge and eventually reached ...
    http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/karluk.html
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