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Lourie, Peter

Arctic Thaw: The People of the Whale in a Changing Climate

48 pp. | Boyds | March, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59078-436-5 $17.95
(3) 4-6 Lourie made three trips to the Arctic to witness and document the effects of global warming, which in Barrow, Alaska, particularly affects the Iñupiaq whaling tradition. The text demonstrates the people's adaptive ways, balanced with harsh scientific and anthropological realities brought about by climate change. Striking photographs, many taken by Lourie, support the text. "What You Can Do" is appended. Reading list. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

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