Beluga days : tales of an endangered white whale
"Living in waters Adjacent to the City of Anchorage, the beluga whales of Cook Inlet, Alaska once seemed countless. But after sharp declines, this isolated and genetically distinct population is now near extinction. Beluga Days is a wonderful evocation of the wilderness of coastal Alaska. It is also a foray into Alaskan culture, history, and politics, and the complex relationships that coalesce in a mad theater around the beluga whale crisis. In the company of regulators, environmentalists, researchers, businesspeople, and whale lovers, Nancy Lord explores the challenges of protecting whales and habitat while respecting traditions of Native subsistence hunting." "Featuring a new preface, Lord's timely story is part personal journey and part expose of the challenges to the beluga's survival. She offers readers a deeper understanding of the often uncomfortable, often rewarding, juxtaposition of humans and the natural world. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, 2007
1st trade pbk. ed
Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA, 2007