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Hunters and Herders: Chukchi and Siberian Eskimo Navigation Across Snow and Frozen Sea
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2009
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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.
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