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We Live in the Arctic

We Live in the Arctic

Constance Helmericks

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Epicenter Press
Año de edición:
2021
Materia
Biografía: general
ISBN:
9781941890141
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In June 1944, Bud and Connie Helmericks set out in another homemade canoe paddling into the Brooks Range, where they planned to stay for several years. They built a cabin of logs and hunted for food throughout the winter.

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