Hunters and Herders: Chukchi and Siberian Eskimo Navigation Across Snow and Frozen Sea

Autor:	Mimi George, David Lewis
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Peninsula SIBERIAN ESKIMO Ocean Engineering Physical geography Oceanography Far East Snow The arctic
Zdroj:	Journal of Navigation. 44:1-10
ISSN:	1469-7785 0373-4633
Popis:	The tip of the Chukotskiy Peninsula in the Soviet Far East is 86 km from mainlandAlaska and its mountains are clearly visible from St Lawrence Island. It is a ruggedtreeless land that straddles the Arctic Circle between the Bering Sea and the ArcticOcean. In winter it is snow-covered and the sea stays frozen until May.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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