Narwhals – Arctic Whales in a Melting World Mcleish Hardback 9780295997353

NarwhalsArctic Whales in a Melting World\nAuthor(s): Todd McLeish\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Washington Press, United States\nImprint: University of Washington Press\nISBN-13: 9780295997353, 978-0295997353\nSynopsis\nAmong all the large whales on Earth, the most unusual and least studied is the narwhal, the northernmost whale on the planet and the one most threatened by global warming. Narwhals thrive in the fjords and inlets of northern Canada and Greenland. These elusive whales, whose long tusks were the stuff of medieval European myths and Inuit legends, are uniquely adapted to the Arctic ecosystem and are able to dive below thick sheets of ice to depths of up to 1,500 meters in search of their prey-halibut, cod, and squid.\n\nJoin Todd McLeish as he travels high above the Arctic circle to meet:\n\nTeams of scientific researchers studying the narwhal's life cycle and the mysteries of its tusk\n\nInuit storytellers and hunters\n\nAnimals that share the narwhals' ha]