"A character-driven literary novel set in Alaska involving marine scientists (and a conceptual performance artist) confronting and in conflict over ocean warming and acidification. The connections among science, art, and culturally-defined beliefs are major themes"-- Provided by publisher.

"Living in waters adjacent to Anchorage, Alaska, the beluga whales of Cook Inlet are an isolated and genetically distinct population. Living memory goes back to a time when these whales seemed countless, and in the early 1990s they still numbered more than 1000, but a sharp decline has brought them near extinction." "Beluga Days is a wonderful evocation of the wildnerness of coastal Alaska and Native communities that still eat whale meat and depend...