An engaging and informative guide to the natural history of the vast, forbidding Arctic region. In clear and elegant prose, the author details the history, flora and fauna, geology, and importance of the far northern world. He covers such topics as the ice ages, glaciers and other geologic formations, weather, birds and animals of the tundra, the great northern forests, and man's arctic explorations. Illustrated.
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Young, director of the Center for Northern Studies in Vermont, describes this work as a field guide. It is more than that; it is an exceptional primer of Arctic ecology. Young takes away the myth and romance of the Arctic without diminishing its allure. Here is an accurate, up-to-date, detailed portrait of its lands and waters, flora and fauna, climatic and environmental patterns. Young discusses the Ice Ages, glaciers and geomorphology (nearly half the text relates to geology), adaptations of plants and animals. He traces the presence of humans from prehistoric times and reconstructs the ancient Arctic environment with the aid of carbon dating and pollen samples. Readers interested in the physical and biological features of the far north will find this volume of great interest. Illustrated.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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