Title:
Thunder on the tundra : football above the Arctic Circle
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by Lew Freedman.
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Publication Information:
Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, ©2008.
Physical Description:
263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780882407425
Abstract:
Seasoned journalist Lew Freedman captures this inspiring story of the Whalers, the only football team above the Arctic Circle: 330 north to be exact. Of the 44 Eskimo, Tongan, Samoan, Asian-American, African-American and Caucasian teenagers who signed up for this experiment, only four had ever played organized football before.
Reading Level:
1080 L Lexile
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Contents:
August two-a-days -- This is Barrow -- Beginnings -- Practice makes perfect -- Are you ready for some football? -- Football on the Last Frontier -- Field of dreams -- Do you believe in miracles? -- Bad old days -- It's a girl -- Wild life -- Monroe Catholic -- The whalers -- Seasons -- Getting ready -- Ravens are ravenous -- Road trip -- Everyone knows the whalers -- Houston hospitality -- Home on the Tundra again -- Making it all work -- Delta force -- The pipeline bowl -- Pivotal moment -- Longest and last road trip -- End game -- Barrow high school football roster 2007 -- About the author.