Point Hope, Alaska : Life on Frozen Water

This book is a window to the daily life and the environment of the TikiGaghmiut, the Inupiaq people of Point Hope, Alaska, as seen in photographs taken by young Norwegian artist Berit Arnestad Foote in 1959-62. Old photographs often have their own magic and can take one on a journey, mental or even physical, to the past. In Don and Berit Foote's days in Point Hope fifty years ago, the ice covered the sea in October and did not clear until July. During their three-year stay in Point Hope, Berit was surrounded by the ice most of the time. In recent years, the Arctic ice has been changing rapidly, and so are people's life in TikiGaq-Point Hope and across the North. This book, the work of an artist, provides documentation on how profoundly the entire fabric of community's life and culture is affected by the ice that surrounds it.

This book is a window to the daily life and the environment of the Tikigaq, the Inupiaq people of Point Hope, Alaska, as seen in photographs taken by young Norwegian artist Berit Arnestad Foote from 1959 to 1962. In Berit Footes days in Point Hope fifty years ago, the ice covered the sea in October and did not clear until July. In recent years, however, the Arctic ice has been changing rapidly, and so are the lives of people in Point Hope and across the North. This booka call to action as well as a work of artprovides powerful documentation of how profoundly the entire fabric of a communitys life and culture is affected by the ice that surrounds it.

General

ISBN		9781602230651
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Univ of Alaska Pr
Pages		204
List Price		$65.00
Author		Foote, Berit Arnestad
Publication Date		08/11/2009
Release Status		In Print
Format		Hardcover
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 11.5 Inches (US) Width: 10.25 Inches (US) Thickness: 0.75 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 3.2 Pounds (US)