Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist cover

Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist

Author: Lourie, Peter

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 7.3
Points 2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 11354
Points per Word 0.000176
Page Count 80
Points per Page 0.025
Series Scientists in the Field (Houghton Mifflin)

Description

John Craighead George is an Arctic whale scientist studying bowhead whales in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost town in the United States. He conducts his research in harmony with the cultural traditions of the Iñupiaq Eskimos, natives to the area.