Lourie, Peter.

Whaling season : a year in the life of an Arctic whale scientist / Peter Lourie. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009. - 80 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 x 28 cm. - Scientists in the field. . - Scientists in the field. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 79) and index.

John Craighead George is an Arctic whale scientist studying bowhead whales in Barrow, Alaska. He conducts his research in harmony with the cultural traditions of the Iñupiaq Eskimos, natives to the area, who have been hunting these whales for more than two thousand years.

ISBN: 9780544582415

LCCN: 2009018596

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bowhead whale.
Biology--Fieldwork.

LC Class. No.: QL737.C423 / L68 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 599.5/276