Polar Explorations. Episode 7, Science and Spirits of the Arctic Sky
(2019, original release: 2015)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2015
[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

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