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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Flight of the Goose Flight of the Goose Lesley Thomas A coming-of-age story, a cross cultural love story, an eco-novel with deep ecology, and the story of the initiation of a young shaman woman in the contemporary Alaskan Arctic. OL14906855W
Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison Cathleen With Against the stark and haunting landscape of Canada's Far North, Trista chronicles the events of her life from her room in the Polar Girls' Prison in Jackfish Bay, Northwest Territories. At age fiftee… OL15371083W
Two Against the North Two Against the North Farley Mowat **Two boys, Awasin and Jamie, get lost and attempt to survive. Do they make it?** Panting and gasping, the rifle clutched in his hand, Jamie runs as he has never run before. In the distance, he ca… OL15391819W
Drum Dance Drum Dance Bonnie Turner **Drum Dance** is Literary-Historical fiction filled with adventure, paranormal intrigue, and danger in Canada's Central Arctic, where Sir John Franklin and his crew froze to death searching for the … OL16691870W
British Polar Exploration and Research British Polar Exploration and Research Neville Wright Poulsom This book is an expansion of Poulsom's earlier contribution (The White Ribbon, 1968) to the subject of medals awarded by British institutions for endeavour in polar regions. The most significant addi… OL16797839W
Lost in the Barrens - Collector's Edition Lost in the Barrens - Collector's Edition Farley Mowat Awasin, a Cree Indian boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that prov… OL479073W
The Red Snow The Red Snow James Greiner ***In The Red Snow, his second work, Greiner turns his keen eye to Alaska's vast wilderness and its most mysterious creature: the gray wolf.*** Basing his story on careful research and personal obser… OL5107332W
Baby Beluga Baby Beluga Raffi Cavoukian Raffi's most popular and beloved song about the "little white whale on the go" is a charming lullaby, a **lyrical tribute to an endangered creature**, and **"an inviting approach to reading encourag… OL580379W