The Secret Language Of Snow

by Terry Tempest Williams

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Examines over a dozen different types of snow and snowy conditions through the vocabulary of the Inuit people of Alaska. Discusses the physical properties and formation of the snow and how it affects the plants, animals, and people of the Arctic.

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She is the award-winning author of Leap, An Unspoken Hunger, Refuge & most recently Red - A Desert Reader. She lives in Castle Valley, Utah. (Bowker Author Biography)

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USA; Alaska, USA

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Nonfiction, Kids
DDC/MDS
551.57Natural sciences & mathematicsEarth sciences; geologyGeology, Hydrology MeteorologyAtmosphere, Tornadoes, HurricanesMoisture: rainfall, flow of streams, floods
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QC929 .S7 .W53SciencePhysicsPhysicsMeteorology. Climatology

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