Polar Explorations. Episode 7, Science and Spirits of the Arctic Sky
(2019, original release: 2015)
Nonfiction
eCourse
Details
PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2015
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
6756954
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Constellations were vital to the early Inuits' survival, as they used the daily, monthly, and annual motions of the stars for timekeeping, navigation, and tracking the seasons. Explore this tradition and how it differs from Western astronomy, then investigate what causes the breathtaking aurora borealis
Film
In Process Record
Edward M. Murphy, Fen Montaigne, Michael E. Wysession, Ralph Lee Hopkins, Sylvia A. Earle
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English