How Long to Read Arctic Adaptations

How Long Does it Take to Read Arctic Adaptations?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 47 minutes to read Arctic Adaptations by Igor Krupnik

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The common view of indigenous Arctic cultures, even among scholarly observers, has long been one of communities continually in ecological harmony with their natural environment. In Arctic Adaptations, Igor Krupnik dismisses the textbook notion of traditional societies as static. Using information from years of field research, interviews with native Siberians, and archaeological site visits, Krupnik demonstrates that these societies are characterized not by stability but by dynamism and significant evolutionary breaks. Their apparent state of ecological harmony is, in fact, a conscious survival strategy resulting from "a prolonged and therefore successful process of human adaptation in one of the most extreme inhabited environments in the world." As their physical and cultural environment has changed--fluctuating reindeer and caribou herds, unpredictable weather patterns, introduction of firearms and better seacraft--Arctic communities have adapted by developing distinctive subsistence practices, social structures, and ethics regarding utilization of natural resources. Krupnik's pioneering work represents a dynamic marriage of ethnography and ecology, and makes accessible to Western scholars crucial findings and archival data previously unavailable because of political and language barriers.

How long is Arctic Adaptations?

Arctic Adaptations by Igor Krupnik is 343 pages long, and a total of 86,779 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 106% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Arctic Adaptations Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 54 minutes to read Arctic Adaptations aloud.

What Reading Level is Arctic Adaptations?

Arctic Adaptations is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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