Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Nide 3Routledge, 2005 - 2278 sivua "The Encyclopedia of the Arctic offers a rich and dynamic view of, and introduction to, an enormous, incredibly diverse, and rapidly changing part of the world. Its three volumes comprise overviews of hundreds of topics, events, places, people, human cultures, animals, and environments, ranging from geological history, exploration, the cultures and livelihoods of indigenous peoples, geopolitics, international environmental cooperation, natural history, physical processes, life sciences, and environmental change."--Page xxxix. |
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Sivu 1764
... seals . The generic word for seal is natsiq , but yearlings are called netsiavinerk , and breeding males are tiggak . During the winter , when the sea is completely frozen over , seals maintain a series of breathing holes through the ...
... seals . The generic word for seal is natsiq , but yearlings are called netsiavinerk , and breeding males are tiggak . During the winter , when the sea is completely frozen over , seals maintain a series of breathing holes through the ...
Sivu 1766
Mark Nuttall. RINGED SEAL Young ringed seal ( Phoca hispida ) on sea ice , Greenland . Copyright Bryan and Cherry ... seals , their body mass varies markedly on a seasonal basis . Ringed seals are fattest in the fall and thinnest in ...
Mark Nuttall. RINGED SEAL Young ringed seal ( Phoca hispida ) on sea ice , Greenland . Copyright Bryan and Cherry ... seals , their body mass varies markedly on a seasonal basis . Ringed seals are fattest in the fall and thinnest in ...
Sivu 1948
... seals can dive to 300 m ( over 900 ft ) and eat a variety of prey items , including capelin , pollock , her- ring , smelts , sand lance , and sculpins , as well as shrimps , octopuses , and small crabs . During the sum- mer and fall ...
... seals can dive to 300 m ( over 900 ft ) and eat a variety of prey items , including capelin , pollock , her- ring , smelts , sand lance , and sculpins , as well as shrimps , octopuses , and small crabs . During the sum- mer and fall ...
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Thematic List of Entries xxiii | 1556 |
Map of Arctic Populations xliii | 1633 |
Map of Arctic Indigenous Peoples xliv | 2158 |
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