{"product_id":"narwhal-revealing-an-arctic-legend","title":"Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend","description":"Winner of the William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books (2018)\n\nFew animals on the planet inspire the sense of wonder evoked by the narwhal. The Arctic unicorn' is everyone's version of awesome and cool. Explorers, aristocrats, artists and scientists celebrate this elusive whale and its extraordinary tusk. From Flemish unicorn tapestries, Inuit legends and traditional knowledge, and the research of devoted scientists, comes a tale of discovery reported here from the top of the world, a place where climate change is rapidly transforming one of the harshest environments on earth. How did the narwhal tusk become the horn of the fabled unicorn? What treasures do the Inuit hold about this majestic but elusive denizen? What have scientists discovered about the function of its tusk?\n\nExplore with whale biologists as they capture live narwhals to answer questions of narwhal biology, migration, population and behavior. Ponder the evolutionary history of the narwhal through paleontology and genetic science. Contemplate the fate of northern regions, animals, and peoples in a rapidly warming Arctic. Experience the insights and observations of Inuit hunters who have lived with the narwhal for thousands of years. The following pages present their views along with the latest research in narwhal biology, art, and climate science illustrated by more than a dozen photographers and graphic artists.\n\nTable of Contents\n\nPreface\nA World of Questions\nPART 1: THE NARWHAL WORLD\nWhat is a Whale?\nThe Universally Beloved Unicorn\nPART 2: TOOTH TO TAIL\nNarwhal Biology: An Overview\nListening to Narwhals\nThe Physics of Flukes\nThe Extraordinary Narwhal Tooth\nWhale in the Net!\nMaking Sense of the Tusk\nNarwhal DNA\nWhy Sequence Whole Genomes?\nThe Narwhal Genome Initiative: A Progress Report\nDeep Time: The Narwhal and Beluga Fossil Record\nNarwhals and Climate\nPART 3: NARWHAL AND INUIT\nQaujimajatuqangit: Inuit Knowledge and Modern Life\nNunavut Government Symbol\nInuit and Narwhal\nInuit contributions to Narwhal Knowledge\nPART 4: THE NARWHAL FUTURE\nClimate and the Changing Arctic\nNarwhals and the Global Mercury Issue\nAs Goes the Arctic...\nNarwhal: An Uncertain Future\nThe Last Ice Area\nArctic Change, Resource Extraction, and Inuit Communities in Nunavut\nDrowning the Noise\nRethinking Human Development\nNow is the Time\nOut of the Arctic, Into the Smithsonian: Making the Narwhal Exhibition\nContributors\nAcknowledgments\nReferences\nIndex\nCredits\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0996748016\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.0996748016.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Fitzhugh, William|Nweeia, Martin T.|Johnson, Kirk\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51692567757087,"sku":"PKV.0996748016.G","price":12.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/0996748016-0.jpg?v=1771520086","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/narwhal-revealing-an-arctic-legend","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}