Apun : The Arctic Snow (A Teacher's Guide) /

There are some twenty-five words for "snow" in the Inupiaq language. Each word denotes a different kind of snow-fresh powder snow, hard pack, soft snow, very wet snow, or just snow. Such fine distinction is reasonable, for over the centuries, Natives of the Arctic have had to rely on their...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sturm, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Snow > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Arctic regions.
Arctic Regions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About This Book; Acknowledgments; Snow and Life; Barrow, Alaska; The Snow Calendar; Snow Is a Quilt; Snow and Lemmings; Snow and Caribou; Snow and Shrubs; Snowmobiles; Snow Crystals; Condensation Nuclei; Diamond Dust; Snowflakes; Capped Columns; Water Molecules; Changing Snow; October Snow; Snow Metamorphism; Three Metamorphic Forces; Wind; Snow Saltation; Blizzards; Sintering; Drifts; Cornices; Temperature Gradients; Vapor Sublimation and Condensation; Depth Hoar Crystals; Pukak; Playing on Depth Hoar; Observing Depth Hoar; Heat; Melt Clusters; Percolation Columns; Firnspiegel.
  • SlushSnow and People; Snow Knives; Snow Houses; Snow and Disappearing Sea Ice; Apun Is Life; Iñupiaq Glossary; Index.

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