Sea ice distribution and ice use by indigenous walrus hunters on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

SIKU: Knowing Our Ice: Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 115-144

  Kapsch, Marie Luise ^a   Eicken, Hajo ^a   Robards, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ice conditions; Pacific walrus; Sea ice; Subsistence hunt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875956616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8587-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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