Young Nukappia can't wait to get out to his family campsite on the
shoreline. After spending all year in the south with his adoptive
parents, Nukappia always looks forward to his summer visits with his
birth family. After spending one night in town, Nukappia and his uncle
Angu begin the long walk down the shore to the family summer campsite,
where all of Nukappia's cousins and aunts and uncles are waiting for
him. Along the way, Nukappia learns that the shoreline is not just ice
and rocks and water.
There is an entire ecosystem of plants and animals that call the
shoreline home. From seaweed to clams to char to shore grasses, there is
far more to see along the shoreline than Nukappia ever imagined.