Mary’s Igloo, Alaska
Position:
65°9’S 16°54’E
Datemark:
July 2000Mission:
Interview Kauwerak Eskimo people and scientific researchers
Under Auspices of:
Soundprint
Transport:
Commercial air to Nome; truck to Teller; power boat to Mary’s Igloo
Results:
Radio documentary
SYPNOPSIS
Could research on tree rings prove true a legend about the near extermination of the Kauwerak Eskimo people? I joined an Eskimo family on a pilgrimage to their ancestral home, and a Columbia-University climate scientist to his research site, to discover how fire in far-off Iceland might have caused ice in Alaska and forced a mother to take heroic measures to save her child.
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