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Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar

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U.S. Naval Support Force Antarctica, 241<br />

U.S. Research and Development Board, 25–26, 29<br />

USNS Eltanin collections, 144–145, 148, 206<br />

Van Allen, James, 24, 35, 44–45<br />

VanS<strong>to</strong>ne, James, 70<br />

Venus, transits of, 14, 17–18, 19<br />

American Transit of Venus Commission, 17–18<br />

we<strong>at</strong>her, 17–18<br />

Voznesenskii, Ilya G., 63<br />

Warming. See Clim<strong>at</strong>e change<br />

W<strong>at</strong>erman, Alan, 28<br />

Waugh, Leuman M., 83<br />

We<strong>at</strong>her studies. See Clim<strong>at</strong>e studies<br />

Weaver, Robert, 55<br />

Weber, Wilhelm, 14<br />

Weddell seals (Lep<strong>to</strong>nychotes weddellii), x, xiv, 265–270,<br />

335–343<br />

Welzenbach, Linda, 390<br />

Western Union Telegraph Company, 17, 18, 63<br />

Weyprecht, Karl, 5, 11, 13<br />

Whales. See also Narwhals; Whaling<br />

beluga whales, 102, 138<br />

bowhead whales, 99, 100, 102, 138<br />

clim<strong>at</strong>e change, 135–138<br />

diving hazard, 249<br />

gray whales, 138<br />

krill in diet, 286<br />

lact<strong>at</strong>ion, 336–337<br />

Whaling<br />

annual cycle, 102–104<br />

ceremonies and celebr<strong>at</strong>ions, 101–102, 104<br />

clim<strong>at</strong>e change, 135–138<br />

contact and change, 100–102<br />

INDEX 405<br />

contemporary, 99<br />

elders’ interpret<strong>at</strong>ion of collection, 99–100, 104–110<br />

fi rearms use, 95, 101<br />

Iñupiaq society, 99–111<br />

Iñupiaq villages, 99<br />

IWC quota, 102<br />

kayak use, 83–84<br />

modern methods, 103–104<br />

prepar<strong>at</strong>ions, 102–103<br />

specifi c object discussions, 104–110<br />

and women, 102–103, 108–109<br />

Whymper, Frederick, 63<br />

Wild, Heinrich, 5, 11<br />

Williams, George, 122<br />

Wilson, A. C., 256<br />

World Clim<strong>at</strong>e Research Programme (WCRP), 10<br />

World Meteorological Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion (WMO), 26–27, 29<br />

World War I, 6–8<br />

World War II, 8–9, 54<br />

Yanai, Keizo, 388<br />

Yupik Eskimos, 129–139<br />

Yup’ik Eskimos. See also N<strong>at</strong>ive peoples<br />

art, public discovery of, 67–70<br />

elders, museum collabor<strong>at</strong>ion with, 80–84<br />

ethnological collecting, 65–66<br />

homeland, 80, 81<br />

language, 85, 86–87, 135<br />

objects in collections, 79–80, 83–85, 86<br />

pride and self-respect, 82<br />

research contributions, 79–88<br />

<strong>to</strong>ols and technology, 85–87<br />

visual rep<strong>at</strong>ri<strong>at</strong>ion, 80, 84–86<br />

Zeitlin, Sam, 44

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