title: Just Once to See a Walrus: A Rhyming Tale Set in the Arctic
author:  Beth Parks 
description: Dr. Beth Parks is a writer and photographer whose works have appeared in newspapers and magazines, as well as on national television. She travels extensively and has visited all seven continents, dozens of countries and all fifty United States. Beth enjoyed successful careers as a Cooperative Extension educator and professor, youth educator, wildlife biologist, researcher, and public information specialist. She was also a registered nurse who served in operating rooms in MASH and evacuation hospitals in Vietnam. In working with youth, Beth integrated research-based education, hands-on learning and community resources to help young people develop the skills they needed to become responsible, productive citizens and leaders. Beth lives on a tiny island on the Down East Maine coast. She shares her life with family, friends and the wild critters she loves to photograph. Learn more about Beth and her projects at bethparks.com, bethparksphoto.com, bethparksbooks.com, aisforattitude.com, sibylmerritt.com and schoodicstudio.com.
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  # The Walrus Hunters
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### R.M. Ballantyne
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page copyright © 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  Chapter One. A Romance of the Ice-World. A
  
  
  Surprise, a Combat, and a Feed.
  
  
  Chapter Two. Waruskeek.
  
  
  Chapter Three. Peace or War—Which?
  
  
  Chapter Four. War Prevails.
  
  
  Chapter Five. A Rencontre and Flight.
  
  
  Chapter Six. A Surprise, a Struggle, and a Capture.
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Seven. Flight and Misfortune.
  
  
  Chapter Eight. In the Hour of Need.
  
  
  Chapter Nine. Trying Moments and Perplexing
  
  
  Doubts.
  
  
  Chapter Ten. A Wild Chase and a Bad Failure.
  
  
  Chapter Eleven. Encamped on the Islet.
  
  
  Chapter Twelve. Home—Sweet Home—and Smoke,
  
  
  etcetera.
  
  
  Chapter Thirteen. Doings in Waruskeek.
  
  
  Chapter Fourteen. In the Wild-Woods Again.
  
  
  Chapter Fifteen. Wild Doings of the Fur-Traders
  
  
  and Red Men.
  
  
  Chapter Sixteen. Sorrows and Sins, and a Bold
  
  
  Adventure.
  
  
  Chapter Seventeen. Nazinred's Journey over the
  
  
  Arctic Sea.
  
  
  