Ridgway Public Library

This book describes how the polar bear, also called Nanuk, thrives in the Arctic and explains the lessons that the Inuit people have learned from watching the creature.

Discusses the Inuit and their continuing struggle to preserve their way of life and maintain their cultural identity in the modern world.

"A history of the people and events that influenced the North American Indian tribe known as the Inuit, including the Inuit Circumpolar Council and conflicts such as early encounters with Europeans on Baffin Island"--

Describes whales and their habitats followed by detailed accounts of whaling expeditions, both the traditional Inuit and the commercial forms.

Introduces the polar bear and other animals that the Inuit sometimes hunt and sometimes just watch, in a counting book that serves as an introduction to the Arctic and the Inuit way of life.