Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic

Name: Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic
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ISBN: 9780226668147

ISBN-10: 0226668142

ISBN-13: 9780226668147

Edition: 1994

Authors: E. C. Pielou

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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.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Contents



Sky


The Land of the Midnight Sun What about the Midday Moon? A Compass near the Magnetic Pole


The Geomagnetic Pole


The Aurora Borealis, or ""Northern Lights""



Climate and Atmosphere


The Arctic Climate


The Seasons


The Climate near the Ground Arctic Mirages


Ther Air Made Visible



Terrain Ice Caps and Glaciers Permafrost Traces of the Ice Age Tundra Polygons Pingos Peat: Peat Mounds, Palsas, and Peat Plateaus Tundra Hummocks Patterned Ground of Other Kinds Underground ice Thawing landscapes Arct