A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic | 
 enlarge | Author: E. C. Pielou
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 42887
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 344
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0226668142
Dewey Decimal Number: 508.98
EAN: 9780226668147
ASIN: 0226668142
Publication Date: January 1, 1995
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Condition: Light wear. No marks inside.
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Product Description
This book is a practical, portable guide to all of the Arctic's natural history—sky, atmosphere, terrain, ice, the sea, plants, birds, mammals, fish, and insects—for those who will experience the Arctic firsthand and for armchair travelers who would just as soon read about its splendors and surprises. It is packed with answers to naturalists' questions and with questions—some of them answered—that naturalists may not even have thought of.
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 A Naturalist's Guide to One Part of the Arctic August 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an informative read, but not very practical for someone visiting the arctic of Europe or Asia. It's just about Canada and Greenland, although nothing in the title or description provides a clue of this. If you are visiting Svalbard,for instance, some of this information applies, but most of the book won't apply. You'll end up leaving the book at home.
 Arctic Ecotour guide's life-line May 23, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I worked for four years in a remote, eco-lodge and used to carry at least five books for the guest who wanted to know everything. When I found this book, it remidied the necessity to carry so many books. This book covers enough topics to be useful in almost every situation. It is well written and clear. This book was my life-line and I recommend it to everyone who is travelling north of the tree-line.
a book to be read again and again May 22, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have backpacked on the arctic plain on numerous occasions. Having this book along helps one appreciate the beauty and inter-related nature of the terrain. This is a book to be read more than once; read it on the flight to Alaska. Reading about how the insects torment the caribou makes one appreciate that one has repellants along, and a tent to be inside of. Of the various guides I have been with, this is almost a standard reference book to have with them.
Beautifully illustrated, elegantly written May 20, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is a "must have" for the advanced undergraduate, beginning grad student, or serious amateur naturalist interested in the North. While a combination of other books may be more comprehensive, if I had to trek north to the Yukon, this is what I would throw in my backpack. Pielou's knowledge and love of the high latitudes bursts through every page, and the pen and ink illustrations convey a real sense of both fauna and flora.
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