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Special issue: geographical perspectives on the arctic

People of the Whales: Climate Change and Cultural Resilience Among Iñupiat of Arctic Alaska

Pages 159-184 | Received 20 Jan 2016, Accepted 02 Aug 2016, Published online: 04 Nov 2019

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