000298342 000__ 02764cam\a22005174a\45\0 000298342 001__ 298342 000298342 005__ 20210513111438.0 000298342 008__ 030902s2004\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000298342 010__ $$a 2003019448 000298342 016__ $$a20050182757 000298342 019__ $$a59182197 000298342 020__ $$a0865476594 (alk. paper) 000298342 0291_ $$aNLC$$b20050182757 000298342 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm52979200 000298342 035__ $$a298342 000298342 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dXY4$$dUKV3G$$dBUR$$dOCL$$dBAKER$$dNLC$$dISE 000298342 042__ $$apcc 000298342 043__ $$ar------ 000298342 049__ $$aISEA 000298342 05000 $$aE99.E7$$bW777 2004 000298342 05502 $$aE99* 000298342 05500 $$aE99 E7$$bW747 2004 000298342 08200 $$a305.897/12$$222 000298342 1001_ $$aWohlforth, Charles P. 000298342 24514 $$aThe whale and the supercomputer :$$bon the northern front of climate change /$$cCharles Wohlforth. 000298342 250__ $$a1st ed. 000298342 260__ $$aNew York :$$bNorth Point Press,$$c2004. 000298342 300__ $$axiv, 322 p. ;$$c24 cm. 000298342 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000298342 5050_ $$aThe whale -- The Iñupiat -- The snow -- The lab -- The ice -- The supercomputer -- The signs -- The camps -- The spirit -- The challenge. 000298342 520__ $$aA traditional Eskimo whaling party races for shore while their comrades drift out to sea: ice that should be solidly anchored at this time of year is giving way. A team of scientists traverses the breadth of Alaska, measuring the thinning snow in an effort to understand albedo, the snow's reflective ability to cool the earth beneath it. Climate change isn't an abstraction in the Far North--it is a reality that has already altered daily life for Native people who still live largely off the land and sea, and lured scientists seeking to uncover its mysteries. Wohlforth follows both groups as they navigate a radically shifting landscape. The two cultures see the same changes, but they struggle to reconcile their different ways of comprehending what these changes mean. 000298342 650_0 $$aInupiat$$xFishing. 000298342 650_0 $$aInupiat$$xSocial conditions. 000298342 650_0 $$aWhaling$$zArctic regions. 000298342 650_0 $$aIndigenous peoples$$xEcology$$zArctic regions. 000298342 650_0 $$aHuman beings$$xEffect of climate on$$zArctic regions. 000298342 650_0 $$aClimatology$$zArctic regions$$xMathematical models. 000298342 650_0 $$aClimatic changes$$zArctic regions$$xResearch. 000298342 650_0 $$aGlobal temperature changes$$zArctic regions$$xResearch. 000298342 650_0 $$aSea ice$$zArctic regions$$xResearch. 000298342 650_0 $$aAlbedo. 000298342 651_0 $$aArctic regions$$xEnvironmental conditions. 000298342 85200 $$bgen$$hE99.E7$$iW777$$i2004 000298342 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol053/2003019448.html 000298342 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol041/2003019448.html 000298342 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip048/2003019448.html 000298342 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:298342$$pGLOBAL_SET 000298342 980__ $$aBIB 000298342 980__ $$aBOOK 000298342 994__ $$aC0$$bISE