Hunters and Herders: Chukchi and Siberian Eskimo Navigation Across Snow and Frozen Sea
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Navigation
- Vol. 44 (1), 1-10
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s037346330000967x
Abstract
The tip of the Chukotskiy Peninsula in the Soviet Far East is 86 km from mainlandAlaska and its mountains are clearly visible from St Lawrence Island. It is a ruggedtreeless land that straddles the Arctic Circle between the Bering Sea and the ArcticOcean. In winter it is snow-covered and the sea stays frozen until May.Keywords
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