Immap Sikua Pisariaqartipparput (the Meaning of Ice) Greenlandic Edition

People and Sea Ice in Three Arctic Communities

366 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Winner of the Inaugural Mohn Prize (2017)Winner of the William Mills Prize for nonfiction Polar Books (2014)

The Meaning of Ice celebrates Arctic sea ice as it is seen and experienced by the Inuit, Iupiat, and Inughuit, who for generations have lived with it and thrived on what it offers. With extensive details offered through their own drawings and writings, this book describes the great depth of Inuit, Iupiat, and Inughuit knowledge of sea ice and the critical and complex role it plays in their relationships with their environment and with one another. Over forty Inuit, Iupiat, and Inughuit from three different Arctic>The Meaning of Ice is an important contribution to understanding the Arctic and its people at a time when the region is undergoing profound change, not least in terms of sea ice. It takes readers beyond what sea ice is, to broaden our appreciation of what sea ice means.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Besondere Ereignisse und Themen Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
• ISBN: 9780996193863
• Sprache: Grönländisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.09.2017
• Größe: 254 x 279 mm
• Verlag: International Polar Institute
• Herausgegeben von: Joe Mello Leavitt, Andrew R Mahoney, Henry Huntington, Shari Gearheard, Lene Kielsen Holm