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13-year-old Julie Miyax Kapugen, an Eskimo girl, is caught between the old ways and new. Miyax rebels and runs away, but soon finds herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness.

A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.

Sent out by his grandmother to find food, Amik consumes a series of animals of ever-increasing size and brings back more than he thinks.

Describes the history, culture, and environment of the Eskimos and the many changes brought about by their contact with the "white people's" society.

Bessie and a polar bear cub named Snow Bear play on the ice, while her older brother and the mother bear watch to make sure that everyone is safe.

Examines the lives and culture of Arctic peoples before the arrival of Europeans and Americans, discussing the arctic climate, shelter, migration, hunting, transportation, diet, games, art, beliefs, and other topics; and includes instructions for a variety of related craft projects.

When Julie returns to her father"s Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.

A collection of stories, legends, fables, essays and factual accounts from the Arctic North, each offering a portrait of a land and its people and capturing the mystery of the Arctic and of Eskimo lore.

Although everyone thought Ootah too young to hunt, he brought home a walrus when the rest of the hunters returned empty-handed.