Author : Lois Crisler
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 22,18 MB
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1473356806
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Subhankar Banerjee
Publisher : Braided River
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0898864380
Photographic documentation of the necessity to preserve this precious area.
Author : Kristin Earhart
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545773792
On a once-in-a-lifetime race through the animal kingdom, it takes smarts, strength, and skill to win! The air might be freezing, but the race is heating up! Dev can't stop thinking about how much he'd disappointed his dad by signing up for The Wild Life. But to win a race through the frozen Arctic tundra, where animals are ferocious and nature is extreme, the red team needs everyone to give it their all...even Dev! And if he doesn't, his new friends may be giving him the cold shoulder...Each chapter in this action-packed adventure series is bursting with totally true facts about wild and wonderful creatures, dangerous habitats, maps, and more!
Author : Jennifer Kingsley
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 39,9 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1771641770
Tells the story of Jennifer Kingsley's 54-day paddling adventure on the Back River, in the northern wilderness, as she and her five companions battle raging winds, impenetratble sea ice, and treacherous rapids.
Author : Stephen Charles Brown
Publisher : Braided River
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780898869750
Two hundred color images celebrating the birds that journey to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge each year are accompanied by essays by noted biologists and conservationists.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher :
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)
ISBN :
Author : Alex Huryn
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 22,56 MB
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1602231826
This book is a comprehensive guide to the natural history of the North Slope, the only arctic tundra in the United States. The first section provides detailed information on climate, geology, landforms, and ecology. The second provides a guide to the identification and natural history of the common animals and plants and a primer on the human prehistory of the region from the Pleistocene through the mid-twentieth century. The appendix provides the framework for a tour of the natural history features along the Dalton Highway, a road connecting the crest of the Brooks Range with Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean, and includes mile markers where travelers may safely pull off to view geologic formations, plants, birds, mammals, and fish. Featuring hundreds of illustrations that support the clear, authoritative text, Land of Extremes reveals the arctic tundra as an ecosystem teeming with life.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher :
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 32,6 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate Interstate & Foreign Commerce
Publisher :
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 1959
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Caroline Van Hemert
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 31,96 MB
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0316414433
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel
