"North to the Future"
| TITLE | DETAILS |
| Ublasaun = First Light: Inupiaq hunters and herders in the Early Twentieth Century, Northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska | prepared by the Alaska System Support Office, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Alaska Field Area, Shared Beringian Heritage Program / Anchorage: National Park Service, Alaska System Support Office, Shared Beringian Heritage Program, 1996 / 143 p. paper, ISBN094155502X. wln97181510. Archaeological site between Shishmaref and Cape Espenberg is focal point of a long-term, integrated study of the human ecology, ethnohistory, ethnoarchaeology, and historic architecture of early twentieth century Inupiaq reindeer herders. |
| Umbrella guide to Alaska's wilderness highway; traveling the Dalton Road | Jensen, Michael Vern. / Seattle, Washington: Umbrella Books, 1994. 114p. History, planning tips and description of geology, climate, flora and fauna found along this 415 mile highway which extends to the Arctic Ocean. ISBN094-5397283pbk. LC 94-94292. |
| Umiak: An Illustrated Guide | Snaith, Skip. (Eastsound, WA: Walrose & Hyde, 1997), 185 pp., paper, ISBN 0965872599, order from Cook Inlet Book Company, 415 West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. LC97-090473. Introduction to umiaks-Arctic open-skin boats--and umiak design and building, with illustrations for each step in the process. |
| Under Polaris: An Arctic Quest | Washburn, Tahoe Talbot. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999) 247 pp., cloth, ISBN 0295977612, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle WA 98145-5096. First visiting the Arctic in 1938 with her graduate student husband, the author kept journals of their adventures over the next three years, writing in tents and snow houses, at missions and Hudson's Bay Company posts. |
| Under the Arctic Sun: The Life and Times of Frank and Ada Degnan | Degnan, Frances Ann. (Unalakleet: Cottonwood Bark, 1999), 365 pp., paper, ISBN 0966965000, P.O. Box 33, Unalakleet AK 99684-0033. Memories, interviews and photographs of the Unalakleet area. |
| Understanding Northwest Coast Art: a Guide to Crests, Beings, and Symbols | Shearar, Cheryl. (Vancouver, B.C. Seattle: Douglas & McIntyre ; University of Washington Press, c2000), 143 pp., paper, ISBN 0295979739, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096. Dictionary-style with illustrations, guide to identifying and understanding the symbols, crests, and beings depicted in Northwest Coast Native American works of art such as totem poles, masks, and prints. |
| Unga Island Girl | Pels, Jacquelin Ruth Benson.(Walnut Creek: Hardscratch Press, 1996), 312 p., paper, ISBN0962542970, (2358 Banbury Place, Walnut Creek, CA 94598). "A daughter's adaptation of letters, photographs, and research into her mother's life." |
| United States. National Archives and Record Administration. Alaska Region. Guide to the Holdings of the National Archives: Alaska Region | (Anchorage, AK: National Archives - Alaska Region, 1996), 124 p., paper, (654 West 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501). wln96-268445. Draft guide to records that have been formally accessioned into the legal custody of the Archives and are, with a few exceptions, open to all researchers. Each entry describes the agency that produced the records and the Alaska activities that created the records, the scope of the records, the finding aids available, and related records and microfilm. Includes an index to Alaskan villages that have substantial information found in the record groups. A final publication is due out in early 1998. |
| Unto the Northernmost Part of the World; Taking God's Word to Alaska | Schwanke, Wilton. (Milwaukie, OR: The Author, 1994), 252 p., paper, 12109 S.E. Beckman, Milwaukie, OR 97229. Memories of a Moravian missionary who served for 25 years in Southwest Alaska. wln95-205141. |
| USS Saginaw in Alaska Waters, 1867-1868 | DeArmond, Robert N. (Kingston, Ont. ; Fairbanks: Limestone Press: University of Alaska Press [distributor], 1997), 145 pp., cloth, ISBN1895901103 (Alaska history no. 46), P.O. Box 756240, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6240. The first U.S. warship built on the Pacific coast sails the inner waterways of Southeast Alaska to explore and survey, but ends up taking punitive actions against several Tlingit settlements. |
