Kenneth Utuayuk Toovak
Kenneth Utuayak Toovak (1923–2009) was an Iñupiaq naturalist and scientist with an expertise on sea ice and ice dynamics.[1] Toovak was born in Utqiagvik and worked with the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) for many years.[2][3][4] In 2003 Toovak was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Alaska, Faribanks.[5][6]
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- Cone, Marla. Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic, Grove Press, 2006.
- Kenneth "Utuyak" Toovak. PROJECT JUKEBOX: Digital Branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program
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- University of Alaska, Fairbanks Honorary Degree Recipients
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- "University of Alaska, Fairbanks Honorary Degree Recipients" (PDF). University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- Cone, Marla (2006). Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic. New York: Grove Press. p. 256. ISBN 0802142591.
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